| slovo | definícia |
disingenuous
(encz) | disingenuous,neupřímný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Disingenuous
(gcide) | Disingenuous \Dis`in*gen"u*ous\, a.
1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean;
unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.
[1913 Webster]
2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not
frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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disingenuous
(wn) | disingenuous
adj 1: 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" [syn: disingenuous, artful]
[ant: artless, ingenuous] |
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disingenuous
(encz) | disingenuous,neupřímný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
disingenuously
(encz) | disingenuously,neupřímně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
disingenuousness
(encz) | disingenuousness, n: |
Disingenuously
(gcide) | Disingenuous \Dis`in*gen"u*ous\, a.
1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean;
unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.
[1913 Webster]
2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not
frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] |
Disingenuousness
(gcide) | Disingenuous \Dis`in*gen"u*ous\, a.
1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean;
unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.
[1913 Webster]
2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not
frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] |
disingenuous
(wn) | disingenuous
adj 1: 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" [syn: disingenuous, artful]
[ant: artless, ingenuous] |
disingenuously
(wn) | disingenuously
adv 1: in a disingenuous manner; "disingenuously, he asked
leading questions abut his opponent's work" [syn:
disingenuously, artfully] |
disingenuousness
(wn) | disingenuousness
n 1: the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor [ant:
ingenuousness] |
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