different between faithless vs dishonest

English

Etymology

From Middle English feithles, equivalent to faith +? -less.

Adjective

faithless (comparative more faithless, superlative most faithless)

1. Lacking faith; lacking belief in something.
2. Not believing in God, religion, or a comparable ideology.
3. Unfaithful (said of people, towards their partners)
   • 1996, Frederick Ahl, Hanna Roisman, The Odyssey re-formed, p. 283:

     Menelaus, who fought to recover his faithless wife, has clearly rooted himself in Sparta for the remainder of his life […]

4. Not observant of promises or covenants.
5. Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows

   Synonyms: perfidious, treacherous, disloyal

6. Serving to disappoint or deceive

   Synonyms: delusive, unsatisfying

Derived terms

• faithless elector
• faithlessly
• faithlessness

Anagrams

• flashiest, stalefish

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