adj · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK:/dɪˈsɒnɪst/
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US:/dɪˈsɑnɪst/
obsolete:/dɪzˈɒnɛst/
obsolete:/dɪzˈɒnɪst/
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CMU ARPABET:D IH0 S AA1 N AH0 S T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Not honest; shoddy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Interfering with honesty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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3
adj
Meaning 3
Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Antonyms: none provided
4
adj
Meaning 4
Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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5
adjective
Meaning 5
deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
From Middle English dishoneste (“dishonourable”), from Old French deshoneste, from Latin dehonestus. Equivalent to dis- + honest. Displaced native Old English unsōþfæst.
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
pander
— not honest
Arabic:
مُخَادِع
(muḵādiʕ)
— not honest
Arabic:
غَشَاش
(ḡašāš)
— not honest
Arabic:
مخادع
(muḵādeʕ)
— not honest
Arabic:
غشاش
(ḡašāš)
— not honest
Armenian:
անազնիվ
(anazniv)
— not honest
Belarusian:
несумле́нны
(njesumljénny)
— not honest
Belarusian:
нячэ́сны
(njačésny)
— not honest
Bulgarian:
нече́стен
(nečésten)
— not honest
Bulgarian:
непочтен
(nepočten)
— not honest
Catalan:
deshonest
— not honest
Chinese Mandarin:
不誠實 /不诚实
(bù chéngshí)
— not honest
Czech:
nečestný
— not honest
Czech:
nepoctivý
— not honest
Danish:
uærlig
— not honest
Dutch:
oneerlijk
— not honest
Dutch:
onoprecht
— not honest
Finnish:
epärehellinen
— not honest
French:
malhonnête
— not honest
German:
unehrlich
— not honest
Gothic:
𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍄𐍃
(liuts)
— not honest
Greek:
άτιμος
(átimos)
— not honest
Greek:
ανέντιμος
(anéntimos)
— not honest
Hindi:
बेईमान
(beīmān)
— not honest
Hungarian:
becstelen
— not honest
Hunsrik:
uneherlich
— not honest
Irish:
ainionraic
— not honest
Irish:
mí-ionraic
— not honest
Irish:
mímhacánta
— not honest
Italian:
disonesto
— not honest
Japanese:
不正直
(fushōjiki)
— not honest
Korean:
부정직하다
(bujeongjikhada)
— not honest
Latin:
fraudulentus
— not honest
Latin:
perfidus
— not honest
Māori:
raureka
— not honest
Māori:
tāhae
— not honest
Middle English:
unhoneste
— not honest
Norwegian Bokmål:
uærlig
— not honest
Norwegian Nynorsk:
uærleg
— not honest
Old English:
unsōþfæst
— not honest
Polish:
nieuczciwy
— not honest
Portuguese:
desonesto
— not honest
Romanian:
necinstit
— not honest
Russian:
нече́стный
(nečéstnyj)
— not honest
Russian:
бесче́стный
(besčéstnyj)
— not honest
Sanskrit:
कौट
(kauṭa)
— not honest
Serbo-Croatian:
нѐискрен
— not honest
Serbo-Croatian:
nèiskren
— not honest
Slovene:
neiskrén
— not honest
Spanish:
embustero
— not honest
Spanish:
mentiroso
— not honest
Spanish:
deshonesto
— not honest
Swedish:
oärlig
— not honest
Ottoman Turkish:
ناموسسز
(namussuz)
— not honest
Ukrainian:
нече́сний
(nečésnyj)
— not honest
Ukrainian:
несумлі́нний
(nesumlínnyj)
— not honest