3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dishonest \Dis*hon"est\, a. [Pref. dis- + honest: cf F.
d['e]shonn[^e]te, OF deshoneste.]
1. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [Obs.]
Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars. --Pope.
Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the
women]. --Sir T.
North.
2. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured. [Obs.]
Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears,
Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.
--Dryden.
3. Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed
to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as a dishonest man.
4. Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity;
knavish; fraudulent; unjust.
To get dishonest gain. --Ezek. xxii.
27.
The dishonest profits of men in office. --Bancroft.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dishonest \Dis*hon"est\, v. t. [Cf. OF deshonester.]
To disgrace; to dishonor; as to dishonest a maid. [Obs.]
I will no longer dishonest my house. --Chapman.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
dishonest
adj 1: deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or
deceive [syn: {dishonorable}] [ant: {honest}]
2: lacking honesty and oblivious to what is honorable [syn: {unscrupulous}]
3: lacking truthfulness; "a dishonest answer"
4: capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest
politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police
officer" [syn: {corruptible}, {bribable}, {purchasable}, {venal}]
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