not honest; intending to trick people Beware of dishonest traders in the tourist areas. I don't like him, and it would be dishonest of me to pretend otherwise. opposite honest Oxford Collocations Dictionary verbsbe, seem, become, … adverbdeeply, thoroughly, very, … See full entry See related entries: Dishonest, Immoral Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘dishonourable, unchaste’): from Old French deshoneste, Latin dehonestus.Extra examples I think he’s downright dishonest! What they are doing is not considered dishonest. I don’t like him, and it would be dishonest of me to pretend otherwise.
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