单词 | dishonest |
例句 | dishonestdishonest /dɪsˈɑnɪst/ adjective ► dishonest a dishonest person tells lies, cheats, or steals things: ► untruthful (formal) not telling the truth about something: ► deceitful (formal) telling lies and trying to make people believe things that are not true: ► corrupt doing dishonest or illegal things in order to get money or power. You use corrupt about government officials and police officers: ► crooked (informal) dishonest and doing illegal things, especially in order to get money: ► devious dishonest in a clever way, and good at thinking of ways of secretly tricking people in order to get what you want: ► underhanded dishonest because you secretly deceive people in order to get what you want: ► shady (informal) probably dishonest and illegal. You use shady especially about business deals: ANTONYMS ➔ see honest ➔ see cheat ➔ see Describing People’s CharacterADVERBS: dishonestYou can make the adjectives dishonest, untruthful, deceitful, and devious into adverbs by using an -ly ending: He had gotten the money dishonestly. | “Yes, I’ve done the work,” he said untruthfully. | If you never intended to pay the bill for the goods you received, then you acted deceitfully. |
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