NOUN | attribute | dishonesty | the quality of being dishonest |
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act | dishonesty, knavery | lack of honesty |
Sounds | dihsaa'nahstiy | |
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Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... |
Meaning | The quality of being dishonest. | |
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Narrower | corruptness, corruption | lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery) |
crookedness, deviousness | The quality of being deceitful and underhanded | |
deceptiveness, obliquity | The quality of being deceptive / deceptive | |
disingenuousness | The quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor | |
fraudulence, deceit | The quality of being fraudulent | |
rascality, shiftiness, slipperiness, trickiness | The quality of being a slippery rascal | |
thievishness, larcenous | Having a disposition to steal | |
unscrupulousness | The quality of unscrupulous dishonesty | |
untruthfulness | The quality of being untruthful | |
Broader | unrighteousness | failure to adhere to moral principles |
Opposite | honesty, honestness | The quality of being honest |
Spanish | deshonestidad | |
Catalan | deshonestedat |
Meaning | lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing. | |
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Synonym | knavery | |
Narrower | charlatanism, quackery | The dishonesty of a charlatan |
falsification, falsehood | The act of rendering something false / false / false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting | |
treachery, betrayal, treason, perfidy | An act of deliberate betrayal | |
trick | An attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent | |
Broader | wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus | Activity that transgresses moral or civil law |
Spanish | bribonada, deshonestidad, truhanería | |
Catalan | brivallada, deshonestedat, truaneria |
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