Improbity

Improbity
(Roget's Thesaurus)
<- N
PARAG:Improbity->N
GRP: \\ N \\ 1
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ improbity
improbity
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ dishonesty
dishonesty
dishonor
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ deviation from rectitude
deviation from rectitude
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ disgrace
disgrace
&c.(disrepute) 874
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ fraud
fraud
&c.(deception) 545
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ lying
lying
&c. 544
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ bad faith
bad faith
Punic faith
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ mala fides
mala fides
Punica fides
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ infidelity
infidelity
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ faithlessness
faithlessness
&c.->Adj.
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ Judas kiss
Judas kiss
betrayal
GRP: \\ N \\ 2
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ breach of promise
breach of promise
breach of trust
breach of faith
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ prodition|
prodition|
disloyalty
treason
high treason
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ apostasy
apostasy
&c.(tergiversation) 607
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ nonobservance
nonobservance
&c. 773
GRP: \\ N \\ 3
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ shabbiness
shabbiness
&c.->Adj.
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ villany
villany
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ baseness
baseness
&c.->Adj.
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ abjection
abjection
debasement
turpitude
moral turpitude
laxity
trimming
shuffling
GRP: \\ N \\ 4
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ perfidy
perfidy
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ perfidiousness
perfidiousness
&c.->Adj.
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ treachery
treachery
double dealing
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ unfairness
unfairness
&c.->Adj.
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ knavery
knavery
roguery
rascality
foul play
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ jobbing
jobbing
jobbery
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ graft
graft
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ venality
venality
nepotism
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ corruption
corruption
job
shuffle
fishy transaction
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ barratry
barratry
sharp practice
heads I win tails you lose
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ mouth honor
mouth honor
&c.(flattery) 933
PARAG:Improbity->V
GRP: \\ V \\ 1
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ be dishonest
be dishonest
&c.->Adj.
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ play false
play false
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ break one's word
break one's word
break one's faith
break one's promise
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ jilt
jilt
betray
forswear
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ shuffle
shuffle
&c.(lie) 544
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ live by one's wits
live by one's wits
sail near the wind
GRP: \\ V \\ 2
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ disgrace oneself
disgrace oneself
dishonor oneself
demean oneself
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ derogate
derogate
stoop
grovel
sneak
lose caste
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ sell oneself
sell oneself
go over to the enemy
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ seal one's infamy
seal one's infamy
PARAG:Improbity->Adj
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ dishonest
dishonest
dishonorable
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ unconscientious
unconscientious
unscrupulous
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ fraudulent
fraudulent
&c. 545
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ knavish
knavish
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ disgraceful
disgraceful
&c.(disreputable) 974
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ wicked
wicked
&c. 945
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 2
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ false-hearted
false-hearted
disingenuous
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ unfair
unfair
one-sided
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ double
double
double-hearted
double-tongued
double-faced
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ timeserving
timeserving
crooked
tortuous
insidious
Machiavelian
dark
slippery
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ fishy
fishy
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ perfidious
perfidious
treacherous
perjured
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 3
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ infamous
infamous
arrant
foul
base
vile
ignominious
blackguard
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 4
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 4 \\ contemptible
contemptible
abject
mean
shabby
little
paltry
dirty
scurvy
scabby
sneaking
groveling
scrubby
rascally
pettifogging
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 4 \\ beneath one
beneath one
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 5
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 5 \\ low-minded
low-minded
low-thoughted
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 5 \\ base-minded
base-minded
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 6
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 6 \\ undignified
undignified
indign|
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 6 \\ unbecoming
unbecoming
unbeseeming
unbefitting
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 6 \\ derogatory
derogatory
degrading
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 6 \\ infra dignitatem
infra dignitatem
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 6 \\ ungentlemanly
ungentlemanly
ungentlemanlike
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 6 \\ unknightly
unknightly
unchivalric
unmanly
unhandsome
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 6 \\ recreant
recreant
inglorious
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 7
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 7 \\ corrupt
corrupt
venal
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 7 \\ debased
debased
mongrel
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 8
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 8 \\ faithless
faithless
of bad faith
false
unfaithful
disloyal
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 8 \\ untrustworthy
untrustworthy
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 8 \\ trustless
trustless
trothless
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 8 \\ lost to shame
lost to shame
dead to honor
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 8 \\ barratrous
barratrous
PARAG:Improbity->Adv
GRP: \\ Adv \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 1 \\ dishonestly
dishonestly
&c.->Adj.
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 1 \\ mala fide
mala fide
like a thief in the night
by crooked paths
PARAG:Improbity->Int
GRP: \\ Int \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Int \\ 1 \\ O tempora
O tempora
=>!
O mores
=>!
=>(Cicero)

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  • Improbity — Im*prob i*ty, n. [L. improbitas; pref. im not + probitas probity: cf. F. improbit[ e].] Lack of probity; lack of integrity or rectitude; dishonesty. [1913 Webster] Persons . . . cast out for notorious improbity. Hooker …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • improbity — [im prō′bi tē] n. pl. improbities 〚ME improbite < L improbitas〛 lack of probity; dishonesty * * * im·pro·bi·ty (ĭm prōʹbĭ tē) n. Lack of probity; dishonesty.   [Middle English improbite, shameless persistence, from Old French, dishonesty, from… …   Universalium

  • improbity — I noun artfulness, breach of trust, corruption, craftiness, crookedness, deceit, deceitfulness, deviousness, dishonesty, disingenuity, disingenuousness, duplicity, falsehood, falseness, falsity, fraud, fraudulence, fraudulency, furtiveness, graft …   Law dictionary

  • improbity — [im prō′bi tē] n. pl. improbities [ME improbite < L improbitas] lack of probity; dishonesty …   English World dictionary

  • improbity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of probity Nouns 1. improbity; dishonesty, dishonor; disgrace, disrepute; fraud, deception; lying, falsehood; bad faith, infidelity, inconstancy, faithlessness, Judas kiss, betrayal; breach of… …   English dictionary for students

  • improbity — noun A lack of probity, honesty or integrity Syn: dishonesty …   Wiktionary

  • improbity — Synonyms and related words: Machiavellianism, ambidexterity, artifice, bad faith, cunning, deceitfulness, dishonesty, double dealing, doubleness, doubleness of heart, duplicity, faithlessness, falseheartedness, falseness, low cunning, treachery,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • improbity — im·pro·bi·ty || ɪm prəʊbÉ™tɪ n. wickedness, lack of integrity …   English contemporary dictionary

  • improbity — [ɪm prəʊbɪti, prɒb ] noun formal wickedness or dishonesty …   English new terms dictionary

  • improbity — n. Dishonesty, unfairness, knavery, faithlessness, bad faith, fraud, fraudulence, want of probity, lack of integrity …   New dictionary of synonyms

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