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Synonyms for disingenuous
ˌdɪs ɪnˈdʒɛn yu əsdisin·gen·u·ous
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
disingenuous
Synonyms:
deceitful, dishonest, faithless, false, fraudulent, hypocritical, lying, mendacious, perfidious, traitorous, treacherous, unfaithful, unscrupulous, untrueAntonyms:
candid, equitable, fair, faithful, frank, genuine, good, honest, honorable, ingenuous, just, sincere, straightforward, true, trustworthy, trusty, upright
Princeton's WordNet
disingenuous, artfuladjective
not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
"an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine; "a disingenuous excuse"
Synonyms:
artfulAntonyms:
undistorted, heart-to-heart, candid, ingenuous, artless, open
Dictionary of English Synonymes
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List of paraphrases for "disingenuous":
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2392 | false | |
#7137 | lying | |
#15352 | fraudulent | |
#27285 | dishonest | |
#30218 | untrue | |
#32281 | faithless | |
#35834 | artful | |
#37389 | treacherous | |
#38412 | hypocritical | |
#40826 | unscrupulous | |
#50824 | unfaithful | |
#55524 | deceitful | |
#60164 | disingenuous | |
#118674 | traitorous | |
#128190 | perfidious | |
#174612 | mendacious |
How to use disingenuous in a sentence?
I am firmly against the destruction or censoring of art in any form, but it would be disingenuous for anyone to say that these pieces, especially in a library whose central mission is to welcome and support the entire campus, are' just art,' they represent much more and it is incumbent upon us to address that fact.
The mayor's throwing his own law under the bus, simply trying to walk away or run away from the very ordinance that he signed into effect, i really do think the mayor is playing politics with public safety, and I really think it's disingenuous the way he's going about it.
We take the position that the U.S. indictment and extradition is disingenuous and that the real reason for Mr. Klyushin's arrest and the extradition to the U.S. is in connection with the nature of his work for and contacts within the Russian government.
George Anthony Devolder Santos:
I don’t touch any of my FEC stuff, right? so, don’t be disingenuous and report that I did because you know that every campaign hires fiduciaries.
The truth is, at my age [ 71 ], if you stop, you stop. You don’t take a couple of years off and come back at 87, i don’t want to stop enjoying life. I have no talent but I get to do these shows. I ’m not being disingenuous, but as a kid no one would have picked me out and said, ‘ He ’ll be in show biz. ’ I’ve just been lucky. Why stop ? I honestly don’t see Jerry Springerslow slowing down, other than for health reasons.
Translations for disingenuous
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- مخادعArabic
- unehrlich, unaufrichtigGerman
- insidemaEsperanto
- insincero, [[poco]] [[sincero]], falsoSpanish
- vilpillinen, petollinenFinnish
- sournoisFrench
- tdk jujurIndonesian
- falsoItalian
- 不誠実Japanese
- disingenuousLatin
- неискренMacedonian
- onoprecht, oneerlijk, achterbaks, onwaardigDutch
- disingenuousNorwegian
- obłudnyPolish
- falso, vil, insinceroPortuguese
- necinstitRomanian
- неискреннийRussian
- нѐискрен, nèiskrenSerbo-Croatian
- lömskSwedish
- iki yüzlüTurkish
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