different between disingenuous vs dishonest

English

Etymology

dis- +? ingenuous

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?d?s.?n.?d??n.ju.?s/

Adjective

disingenuous (comparative more disingenuous, superlative most disingenuous)

1. Not honourable; unworthy of honour
2. Not ingenuous; not frank or open

   Synonym: uncandid

   • 1726, William Broome, The Poems of Alexander Pope: The Odyssey of Homer. Books XIII-XXIV, edited by Maynard Mack, Methuen, 1969, volume 10, page 378:

     I am not so vain as to think these Remarks free from faults, nor so disingenuous as not to confess them:

3. Assuming a pose of naïveté to make a point or for deception.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "disingenuous" is often applied: attempt, argument, statement, conduct, people, excuse, question, assertion.

Derived terms

• disingenuously
• disingenuousness

Translations

Further reading

• disingenuous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• disingenuous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• disingenuous at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From Old French deshoneste, from Latin dehonestus. Synchronically, dis- +? honest.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??s?n?st/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??s?n?st/

Adjective

dishonest (comparative more dishonest, superlative most dishonest)

1. Not honest.
2. Interfering with honesty.
3. (obsolete) Dishonourable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
   • c. 1560,Thomas North, Archontorologion

     speake 'dishonest word

4. (obsolete) Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.

   • Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, / Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.

Antonyms

• honest

Related terms

• dishonesty

Translations

Further reading

• dishonest at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• hedonists, stonished