dishonest

A2 Topic:Ethics & Social Judgment

US /dɪˈsɑnɪst/ UK /dɪˈsɒnɪst/ See IPA manual

adj Freq #11663

Meanings

1

adj
Not honest; likely to lie, cheat, or deceive people.

It was dishonest of him to hide the truth from his boss.

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1 adj · not honest; likely to lie,... dishonorable

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honest

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Derived forms dishonestness

Related forms dishonestly dishonesty

Etymology

From Middle English dishoneste (“dishonourable”), from Old French deshoneste, from Latin dehonestus. Equivalent to dis- + honest. Displaced native Old English unsōþfæst.

dishoneste Middle English deshoneste Old French dehonestus Latin

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# dishonest

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** dɪˈsɑnɪst
**IPA (UK):** dɪˈsɒnɪst
**Frequency rank:** 11663

## Meanings
1. Not honest; likely to lie, cheat, or deceive people.

## Examples
- It was dishonest of him to hide the truth from his boss.

## Antonyms
- honest

## Derived Forms
- dishonestness

## Related Forms
- dishonestly
- dishonesty

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dishoneste
- Root: deshoneste
- Root: dehonestus
- Affix: dis- - not

## Etymology
From Middle English dishoneste (“dishonourable”), from Old French deshoneste, from Latin dehonestus. Equivalent to dis- + honest. Displaced native Old English unsōþfæst.

## AI Etymology
dishonest comes from Middle English dishoneste (“dishonourable”), from Old French deshoneste, from Latin dehonestus. Equivalent to dis- + honest. Displaced native Old English unsōþfæst. The historical chain includes Middle English dishoneste, Old French deshoneste, Latin dehonestus. The current sense is Not honest; likely to lie, cheat, or deceive people. English relatives and later formations include dishonestness, dishonestly, dishonesty.

## Topics
- Ethics & Social Judgment

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