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DISHONEST
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being corrupted
Example:
a venal police officer
Synonyms:
bribable; corruptible; dishonest; purchasable; venal
Classified under:
Similar:
corrupt (lacking in integrity)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
Synonyms:
dishonest; dishonorable
Classified under:
Similar:
ambidextrous; deceitful; double-dealing; double-faced; double-tongued; duplicitous; Janus-faced; two-faced (marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another)
beguiling (misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods)
deceitful; fallacious; fraudulent (intended to deceive)
deceptive; misleading (designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently)
false (designed to deceive)
picaresque (involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction)
blackguardly; rascally; roguish; scoundrelly (lacking principles or scruples)
shady (of questionable honesty or legality)
thieving; thievish (given to thievery)
Also:
dishonorable; dishonourable (lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor)
insincere (lacking sincerity)
corrupt; crooked (not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive)
false (not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality)
untrustworthy; untrusty (not worthy of trust or belief)
Antonym:
honest (not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent)
