dishonesty Add to list Share. Acting in a way that’s deceitful or false is dishonesty. The word dishonesty implies that someone’s lying, but it also encompasses cheating or being deceptive.

agreeable = + base word. suffix. 3 Never be dishonest.

Negative prefixes

A prefix is a group of letters (affixes) added in front of a word or a root of the word to change its meaning. A negative prefix is a prefix which carries a negative meaning ‘not’ , ‘opposite of’. Negative statements are the opposite of affirmative statements….il- prefix.

prefix dis-

other words for dishonesty

• chicanery.
• deceit.
• duplicity.
• falsehood.
• fraud.
• infidelity.
• mendacity.
• trickery.

Lying is explicitly stating something you know to be false, whereas dishonesty can involve withholding or misrepresenting information. For example: if you’re selling a house, someone might ask if their are any problems with the foundation.

faithless, false, disloyal, traitorous, treacherous, perfidious mean untrue to what should command one’s fidelity or allegiance. faithless applies to any failure to keep a promise or pledge or any breach of allegiance or loyalty.

1. She described the new criminal bill as a perfidious attack on democracy.
2. Your perfidious gossip is malicious and dangerous.
3. The company was betrayed by its perfidious allies.
4. Woman is perfidious and disingenuous.
5. Even perfidious Anglo – Saxons agree on the need for change.

Prodigious, monstrous, tremendous, and stupendous all mean extremely impressive. Prodigious suggests marvelousness exceeding belief, usually in something that is felt as going far beyond a previous maximum of goodness, greatness, intensity, or size (“acrobats performing prodigious aerial feats”).

Perfidious in a Sentence 🔉

1. Michelle sought revenge on her perfidious friend who stole her lottery ticket.
2. When questioned about his ex-wife, Eric described her as a perfidious woman who could not be faithful to any man.

deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.

“Perfidious Albion” is a pejorative phrase used within the context of international relations diplomacy to refer to acts of diplomatic sleights, duplicity, treachery and hence infidelity (with respect to perceived promises made to or alliances formed with other nation states) by monarchs or governments of the United …

uncountable noun. Treachery is behavior or an action in which someone betrays their country or betrays a person who trusts them. He was deeply wounded by the treachery of close aides and old friends. Synonyms: betrayal, infidelity, treason, duplicity More Synonyms of treachery.

Characterized by treachery; traitorous; disloyal; perfidious. The definition of treacherous is someone who is guilty of dishonesty or betrayal, or something that is dangerous or hazardous. An example of treacherous is someone you thought was your friend who shares your secrets with everyone.

Treachery is an offence in several countries. Both of the Australian and British offences were derived from or inspired by the related offence of treason. The name treachery was chosen because it is a synonym for treason.

Treachery is the sin of acting against people to whom one has an obligation – for example family members, friends or one’s country (in the last case, it is called treason). In Dante’s Inferno, treachery is considered the worst of all sins, and traitors are frozen in ice in the lowest circle of Hell.

At first sight, it may be surprising to find that Dante considers fraud to be the gravest type of sin.

Dante confesses to Beatrice Portinari, his idolized perfect woman he loved since childhood, to only two sins: Lust and Pride. He does not really tell on himself. Dante shields Beatrice and his readers from his real problem, the one that probably extended his exile for the duration of his life.

Betrayal destroys our belief in love. Not merely does it become very difficult to trust others but trust in oneself is lost. Two lingering effects of betrayal are confusion and the loss of self-worth. The confusion is a result of trying to figure out why the spouse was unfaithful or why the parent beat you.