dishonest

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English dishoneste (“dishonourable”), from Old French deshoneste, from Latin dehonestus. Equivalent to dis- +‎ honest. Displaced native Old English unsōþfæst. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈsɒnɪst/ (US) IPA(key): /dɪˈsɑnɪst/ (obsolete) IPA(key): /dɪzˈɒnɛst/, /dɪzˈɒnɪst/ Hyphenation: dis‧on‧est === Adjective === dishonest (comparative more dishonest, superlative most dishonest) Not honest; shoddy. Interfering with honesty. (obsolete) Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. (obsolete) Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured. ==== Antonyms ==== honest ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Collocations ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== ==== Further reading ==== “dishonest”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “dishonest”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “dishonest”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN. “dishonest”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present. “dishonest” (US) / “dishonest” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary. === Anagrams === hedonists, stonished == Middle English == === Adjective === dishonest alternative form of dishoneste (“disgraceful”)