Associations to the word «Dishonest»

Wiktionary

DISHONEST, adjective. Not honest.
DISHONEST, adjective. Interfering with honesty.
DISHONEST, adjective. (obsolete) Dishonourable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
DISHONEST, adjective. (obsolete) Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.

Dictionary definition

DISHONEST, adjective. Deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive.
DISHONEST, adjective. Capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats