dishonest
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Definition of dishonest
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Not honest; shoddy.
““Watch how totally dishonest the California Prop vote is!” Trump fumed on Truth Social over the weekend.”
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adj
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Not honest; shoddy.
““Watch how totally dishonest the California Prop vote is!” Trump fumed on Truth Social over the weekend.”
- Interfering with honesty.
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(obsolete)Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
“inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars”
“speake dishonest word”
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(obsolete)Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.
“Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, / Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English dishoneste (“dishonourable”), from Old French deshoneste, from Latin dehonestus. Equivalent to dis- + honest. Displaced native Old English unsōþfæst.
Words you can make from dishonest
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54 words- DESHIS 10 pts
- DHOTIS 10 pts
- DISHES 10 pts
- DOSHES 10 pts
- HINTED 10 pts
- HISSED 10 pts
- HISTED 10 pts
- HOIDEN 10 pts
- HOISED 10 pts
- HONIED 10 pts
- HOSTED 10 pts
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- DESIST 7 pts
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- ODISTS 7 pts
- ONSIDE 7 pts
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- SETONS 6 pts
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- STEINS 6 pts
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5-letter words
99 words- DESHI 9 pts
- DHOTI 9 pts
- DOETH 9 pts
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- EOSIN 5 pts
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4-letter words
33 words- DISH 8 pts
- DOHS 8 pts
- DOSH 8 pts
- DOTH 8 pts
- EDHS 8 pts
- ETHS 7 pts
- HENS 7 pts
- DENI 5 pts
- DENS 5 pts
- DENT 5 pts
- DESI 5 pts
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- DOST 5 pts
- DOTE 5 pts
- DOTS 5 pts
- EDIT 5 pts
- ENDS 5 pts
- EONS 4 pts
- ESTS 4 pts
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