| 单词 | dishonest |
| 释义 | dishonest (once / 1421 pages) adj Someone dishonest is corrupt: a cheater, a liar, or a fraud. Dishonest folks shouldn't be trusted. If you know that being honest means to tell the truth and be straightforward, then you can probably guess that being dishonest means to tell lies and be crooked. Liars are dishonest. Criminals are dishonest. Some lawyers and politicians have a reputation for being dishonest, as do commercials that will say anything just to get you to spend your money. Besides people, certain actions are dishonest, like forging someone's signature. When you see the word dishonest, think "Untrustworthy!" WORD FAMILYdishonest: dishonester, dishonestly+/honest: dishonest, honester, honestest, honestly, honestness USAGE EXAMPLESThose checks and balances may be the only way a dishonest pharmacist’s activities are discovered. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) But it would be dishonest not to acknowledge the solace of reading her words. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) “She’s so dishonest she doesn’t want people peppering her with questions.” Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016) 1adj deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive Syn|Ant dishonorable Janus-faced, ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, two-faced marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another beguilingmisleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods deceitful, fallacious, fraudulentintended to deceive deceptive, misleading, shoddydesigned to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently falsedesigned to deceive picaresqueinvolving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction blackguardly, rascally, roguish, scoundrellylacking principles or scruples thieving, thievishgiven to thievery dishonorable, dishonourablelacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor insincerelacking sincerity corrupt, crookednot straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive falsenot in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality untrustworthy, untrustynot worthy of trust or belief honest, honorable not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent directstraightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action echt, genuinenot fake or counterfeit downrightcharacterized by plain blunt honesty honorable, honourableworthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect artless, ingenuouscharacterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious sincereopen and genuine; not deceitful square, straightcharacterized by honesty and fairness trueconsistent with fact or reality; not false trustworthy, trustyworthy of trust or belief 2adj capable of being corrupted dishonest politicians Syn bribable, corruptible, purchasable, venal corrupt lacking in integrity |
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