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(adj)
Without scruples; immoral.
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Without honor, or causing dishonor.
(idiomatic) Mischievous and playful.
Not giving the truth; providing untrue facts; lying.
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
Characteristic of a blackguard.
Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true.
Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.
Likely or attempting to deceive.
(of a person) Cheating, dishonest; treacherous.
Deliberately misleading or cheating.
double-faced; deceitful
Like or befitting a scoundrel.
Dishonest; based on fraud or deception.
Like a rascal.
(idiomatic) Saying one thing to one person and something different to another; double talking; deceitful in speech.
Deceptive or misleading.
(literature) Characteristic of a genre of Spanish satiric novel dealing with the adventures of a roguish hero.
Having a tendency to steal.
That beguiles or beguile.
Susceptible to bribery.
(of a person) bribable, that can be bought
Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.
Having equal or comparable ability in both hands; in particular, able to write well with both hands.
Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.
Able to be purchased; available for purchase.
Deceitful, duplicitous
Deceitful; hypocritical; treacherous.
Capable of being bought (of a person); willing to take bribes.
That thieves; that steals; inclined to steal
Not ingenuous; not frank or open.
British standard spelling of dishonorable.
(n)
(uncountable) The characteristic or condition of being dishonest.
Immoral, morally wrong.
Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.
Not in keeping with conventional moral values; improper, immodest, or unseemly.
Incorrect or untrue.
Unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt.
Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible.
Not fair, just or right.
Not fair.
(of an animal, especially an elephant) Vicious and solitary.
An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
(countable) A bad deal; an unfair or exorbitant price or rate.
(law) The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
Dishonest or not conforming to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.
That connives; conspiratorial.
The act of molesting.
(uncountable, countable) The act, quality, or condition of being honest.
(of a person or institution) Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.
Arising from the fact of being male or female; pertaining to sex or gender, or to the social relations between the sexes.
Not deserving of trust; unreliable.
Sly, dishonest, corrupt, cheating.
Unreliable; dangerous.
An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
Having the characteristics of a knave; mischievous, roguish, waggish, rascally or impertinent.
Not genuinely meaning what has been expressed; not sincere; artificial; factitious.
Full of guile; treacherously deceptive.
Hard to deal with, complicated.
(of a person) Lying, untruthful or dishonest.
Of, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance.
(informal, idiomatic) Having the appearance of being dishonest, criminal, or unreliable.
Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
Not entirely honest.
Not keeping good faith; disloyal; not faithful.
Not truthful.
Not trustworthy.
(rare) Dishonest, deceptive, misleading.
Not deceitful.
Not loyal.
Not forthright.
Not loyal, without loyalty.
False; not true.
Not trustful.
Not perfidious.
Not faithful.
Not frank.
Not ingenuous.
Not fair-minded.
Not trusty.
Not earnest.
Not veracious; untruthful; false.
Not pious.
Not hypocritical.
Not conscientious.
Not mendacious.
Unfaithful (said of people, towards their partners)
Not stewardly.
Not deceptive.
Not reliable.
Not shrewd.
Not merchantlike.
Not humble.
Not devious.
Not cunning or crafty.
Not obedient.
Not judicious.