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Dishonest vs Untrustworthy - What's the difference?

dishonest | untrustworthy |

As adjectives the difference between dishonest and untrustworthy

is that dishonest is not honest while untrustworthy is not]] [[deserve|deserving of trust; unreliable.

dishonest

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not honest.
  • Interfering with honesty.
  • (obsolete) Dishonourable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars
  • * Sir T. North
    • Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women].
  • (obsolete) Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.
  • * Dryden
    • Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, / Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.

    Antonyms

    * honest

    Related terms

    * dishonesty

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    Anagrams

    * English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs

    untrustworthy

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not]] [[deserve, deserving of trust; unreliable.

    • Synonyms

    * inaccurate, insincere, unreliable

    Antonyms

    * true, accurate, sincere, faithful, reliable.