dishonest
adjective
[ dɪsˈɒnɪst ]
• behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way.
• "he was a dishonest hypocrite prepared to exploit his family"
Similar:
fraudulent,
corrupt,
swindling,
cheating,
double-dealing,
underhand,
crafty,
cunning,
devious,
designing,
treacherous,
perfidious,
unfair,
unjust,
disreputable,
rascally,
roguish,
dirty,
unethical,
immoral,
dishonourable,
unscrupulous,
unprincipled,
amoral,
criminal,
illegal,
unlawful,
false,
untruthful,
deceitful,
deceiving,
deceptive,
Janus-faced,
lying,
mendacious,
untrustworthy,
crooked,
shady,
tricky,
sharp,
shifty,
bent,
dodgy,
shonky,
slim,
malfeasant,
knavish,
subtle,
hollow-hearted,
false-hearted,
double-faced,
truthless,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘dishonourable, unchaste’): from Old French deshoneste, Latin dehonestus .
