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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
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List of paraphrases for "disingenuous":
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?
More disingenuous nonsense, mr. Avenatti Michael Avenatti doesn't believe it. Nor should anyone else. Michael Avenatti never brought any such claims against Jason Frank. Nor could Michael Avenatti, since the bankruptcy court settlement agreement released all such claims.
No, just like [ Unsworth ] didn't clarify he wanted to sodomize me with a submarine. I didn't think it required clarification, i think that would have been worse. If you called someone a motherf' er I don't think you would have to clarify you don't actually commit incest. It would sound disingenuous.
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.
I think Brett Kavanaugh statement was dishonest and disingenuous, but the American people are watching and if Brett Kavanaugh lied under oath in the hearings, that's going to be problematic so I hope the American people and American women everywhere will hold this President accountable and will protest the extreme decisions by legislatures and governors being signed into law.
It is disingenuous for them to say they don’t have enough to pay $15 an hour.
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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