dishonest
adjUK /dɪˈsɒnɪst/ · US /dɪˈsɑnɪst/
Etymology From Middle English dishoneste (“dishonourable”), from Old French deshoneste, from Latin dehonestus. Equivalent to dis- + honest. Displaced native Old English unsōþfæst.
1
Not honest; shoddy.
- “Watch how totally dishonest the California Prop vote is!” Trump fumed on Truth Social over the weekend.2025 October 27, Russell Berman, quoting Donald Trump, “‘California Is Allowed to Hit Back’”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2025:
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Interfering with honesty.
3
Obsolete Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
- inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars1713, [Alexander] Pope, Windsor-Forest. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:
- speake dishonest wordc. 1560, Thomas North, Archontorologion:
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Obsolete Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.
- Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, / Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- Antonyms
- honest
- Derived terms
- dishonestness
- Related terms
- dishonestly, dishonesty