Insincerity vs Dishonest - What's the difference?
insincerity | dishonest |
Property of being insincere, lacking sincerity or truthfulness.
Not honest.
Interfering with honesty.
(obsolete) Dishonourable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
* Alexander Pope
* Sir T. North
(obsolete) Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.
* Dryden
As a noun insincerity
is property of being insincere, lacking sincerity or truthfulness.As an adjective dishonest is
not honest.insincerity
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Noun
- His insincerity was obvious to all; he was neither honest nor believable.
Antonyms
* sinceritydishonest
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Adjective
(en adjective)- inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars
- Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women].
- Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, / Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.
