English-Thai Dictionary

disingenuous

A ที่ ไม่ ซื่อสัตย์  deceitful

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISINGENUOUS

a.[dis and ingenuous. ] 1. Unfair; not open, frank and candid; meanly artful; illiberal; applied to persons.
2. Unfair; meanly artful; unbecoming true honor and dignity; as disingenuous conduct; disingenuous schemes.

 

DISINGENUOUSLY

adv. In a disingenuous manner; unfairly; not openly and candidly; with secret management.

 

DISINGENUOUSNESS

n. 1. Unfairness; want of candor; low craft; as the disingenuousness of a man, or of his mind.
2. Characterized by unfairness, as conduct or practices.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISINGENUOUS

DISINGENUOUS Dis `in *gen "u *ous, a.

 

1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.

 

2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful. So disingenuous as not to confess them [faults ]. Pope. -- Dis `in *gen "u *ous *ly, adv. T. Warton. -- Dis `in *gen "u *ous *ness, n. Macaulay.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

disingenuous

dis in gen u ous |ˌdisinˈjenyo͞oəs dɪsɪnˈenjuəs | ▶adjective not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does. DERIVATIVES dis in gen u ous ly adverb, dis in gen u ous ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

disingenuous

disingenuous |ˌdɪsɪnˈdʒɛnjʊəs | ▶adjective not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does: this journalist was being somewhat disingenuous as well as cynical. DERIVATIVES disingenuity noun, disingenuously adverb, disingenuousness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

disingenuous

disingenuous adjective that innocent, teary-eyed look is just part of a disingenuous act: insincere, dishonest, untruthful, false, deceitful, duplicitous, lying, mendacious; hypocritical.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

disingenuous

disingenuous adjective it would be disingenuous of us to pretend ignorance of our book's impact: dishonest, deceitful, underhand, underhanded, duplicitous, double-dealing, two-faced, dissembling, insincere, false, lying, untruthful, mendacious; not candid, not frank, not entirely truthful; artful, cunning, crafty, wily, sly, sneaky, tricky, scheming, calculating, designing, devious, unscrupulous; informal shifty, foxy; humorous economical with the truth, terminologically inexact; archaic subtle, hollow-hearted; rare false-hearted, double-faced, truthless, unveracious. ANTONYMS ingenuous, frank. EASILY CONFUSED WORDS disingenuous or ingenuous? See ingenuous . These notes clear up confusion between similar-looking pairs.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

disingenuous

dis in gen u ous /dɪ̀sɪndʒénjuəs /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠不誠実な [不正直 ]な ; 率直でない .～ly 副詞