Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dishonest"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Dishonest \Dis*hon"est\, a. [Pref. dis- + honest: cf. F.
d['e]shonn[^e]te, OF. deshoneste.]
1. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [Obs.]

Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars. --Pope.

Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the
women]. --Sir T.
North.

2. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured. [Obs.]

Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears,
Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.
--Dryden.

3. Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed
to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man.

4. Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity;
knavish; fraudulent; unjust.

To get dishonest gain. --Ezek. xxii.
27.

The dishonest profits of men in office. --Bancroft.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Dishonest \Dis*hon"est\, v. t. [Cf. OF. deshonester.]
To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid. [Obs.]

I will no longer dishonest my house. --Chapman.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

dishonest
adj 1: deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or
deceive [syn: {dishonorable}] [ant: {honest}]
2: lacking honesty and oblivious to what is honorable [syn: {unscrupulous}]
3: lacking truthfulness; "a dishonest answer"
4: capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest
politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police
officer" [syn: {corruptible}, {bribable}, {purchasable}, {venal}]


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