DISINGENUOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does disingenuous mean? • DISINGENUOUS (adjective)
The adjective DISINGENUOUS has 1 sense:
1. not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
Familiarity information: DISINGENUOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DISINGENUOUS (adjective)
Meaning:
Not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
Synonyms:
artful; disingenuous
Context examples:
an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time / a disingenuous excuse
Similar:
distorted; misrepresented; perverted; twisted (having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented)
Also:
insincere (lacking sincerity)
Antonym:
ingenuous (characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious)
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