honest
adjectiveverbadverbtop 1 000 in film dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈɒn.ɪst//
- United Kingdom//ˈɔː.nɪst//
- United States//ˈɑ.nɪst//
- United States//ˈɑ.nəst//
- Canada//ˈɒn.ɪst//
Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.
adjective
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Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.
brutally honest
We’re the most honest people you will ever come across.
A true and honest physician is excused for leaving his patient, when he finds the disease grown desperate
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True, especially as far as is known by the person making the statement; fair; unbiased.
an honest account of events
honest reporting
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In good faith; without malice.
an honest mistake
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Accurate.
an honest scale
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Authentic; full.
an honest day's work
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Earned or acquired in a fair manner.
an honest dollar
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Open; frank.
an honest countenance
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obsoleteDecent; honourable; suitable; becoming.
Behold what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching!
[…] Vpon the verge of the Riuer there are fiue houſes, wherein liue the honeſter ſort of people, as Farmers in England, and they keepe continuall centinell for the townes ſecuritie.
[T]here are Wolf-Whelps in Palaces, and Governments, as well as in Cottages, and Forreſts. […] They go out however, as there is Occaſion, and Hunt and Growle for Company; but at the ſame time, they give the Sign out of their Maſters hand, hold Intelligence with the Enemy; and Make uſe of their Power and Credit to Worry Honeſter Men them Themſelves.
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obsoleteChaste; faithful; virtuous.
Wives may be merry, and yet honest too.
Etymology
From Middle English honest, honeste (“honourable, appropriate, excellent”), from Old French honeste, from Latin honestus, from honor. For the verb, see Latin honestāre (“to clothe or adorn with honour”), and compare French honester. Displaced native Old English sōþfæst (literally “truth-firm”).
verb
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obsoleteTo adorn or grace; to honour; to make becoming, appropriate, or honourable.
You have very much honested my lodging with your presence.
adverb
- 1
Honestly; really.
It wasn’t my fault, honest.
Forms
- comparative
- more honest, honester
- superlative
- most honest, honestest
- past tense
- honested
- past participle
- honested
- present participle
- honesting
- third person singular
- honests
honest · Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.
honestly · In an honest manner.honesty · The act, quality, or condition of being honest.Honesty · A female given name.