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disingenuous


 
  Grep  of  noun  disingenuous 
  disingenuousness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  disingenuous 
 
  The  adj  disingenuous  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  disingenuous,  artful  --  (not  straightforward  or  candid;  giving  a  false  appearance  of  frankness;  "an  ambitious,  disingenuous,  philistine,  and  hypocritical  operator,  who...exemplified...the  most  disagreeable  traits  of  his  time"-  David  Cannadine  "a  disingenuous  excuse") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  disingenuous 
 
  1  sense  of  disingenuous 
 
  Sense  1 
  disingenuous  (vs.  ingenuous),  artful 
 
  ingenuous  (vs.  disingenuous),  artless 
  =>  candid,  open 
  =>  undistorted 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  disingenuous 
 
  1  sense  of  disingenuous 
 
  Sense  1 
  disingenuous  (vs.  ingenuous),  artful 
  =>  distorted,  misrepresented,  perverted,  twisted 
  Also  See->  insincere#1 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  disingenuous 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  disingenuous 
 
  disingenuous  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  disingenuous 
  disingenuous 
 
  Overview  of  adj  disingenuous 
 
  The  adj  disingenuous  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  disingenuous,  artful  --  (not  straightforward  or  candid;  giving  a  false  appearance  of  frankness;  "an  ambitious,  disingenuous,  philistine,  and  hypocritical  operator,  who...exemplified...the  most  disagreeable  traits  of  his  time"-  David  Cannadine  "a  disingenuous  excuse") 



disingenuous definition