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Synonyms for (adjective) dishonorable

Synonyms: dishonest, dishonorable Definition: deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive

Hypernyms: duplicitous, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, deceitful, ambidextrous, Janus-faced, two-faced Definition: marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another Usage: she was a deceitful scheming little thing- Israel Zangwill; a double-dealing double agent; a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer- W.M.Thackeray

Hypernyms: beguiling Definition: misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods Usage: taken in by beguiling tales of overnight fortunes

Hypernyms: deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent Definition: intended to deceive Usage: deceitful advertising; fallacious testimony; smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice - S.T.Coleridge; a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes

Hypernyms: deceptive, shoddy, misleading Definition: designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently Usage: the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm; deliberately deceptive packaging; a misleading similarity; statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading; shoddy business practices

Hypernyms: false Definition: designed to deceive Usage: a suitcase with a false bottom

Hypernyms: picaresque Definition: involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction Usage: picaresque novels; waifs of the picaresque tradition; a picaresque hero

Hypernyms: rascally, blackguardly, scoundrelly, roguish Definition: lacking principles or scruples Usage: the rascally rabble; the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy - W.M. Thackaray; the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew

Hypernyms: thieving, thievish Definition: given to thievery

Synonyms: dishonorable, dishonourable Definition: lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor Usage: dishonorable in thought and deed

Hypernyms: disgraceful, shameful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, black Definition: (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame Usage: Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands- Rachel Carson; an ignominious retreat; inglorious defeat; an opprobrious monument to human greed; a shameful display of cowardice

Hypernyms: debasing, degrading Definition: used of conduct; characterized by dishonor

Hypernyms: shabby Definition: mean and unworthy and despicable Usage: shabby treatment

Hypernyms: unprincipled Definition: having little or no integrity

Hypernyms: yellow Definition: cowardly or treacherous Usage: the little yellow stain of treason-M.W.Straight; too yellow to stand and fight