dishonest

dishonest is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 13 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
2. adjective. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured.
3. adjective. Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man.
4. adjective. Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust.
5. transitive verb. To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid.
6. adjective. capable of being corrupted

   "corruptible judges"

   "dishonest politicians"

   Synonyms: bribable, corruptible, purchasable, venal

7. adjective. deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive

   Synonyms: dishonorable

Synonyms

bribable, corruptible, purchasable, venal, dishonorable

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in dishonest:

hedonists, stonished

Common word forms

dishonestly

Words from these letters

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