disingenuous

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

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:
artful
• Ant:
ingenuous
• Similar to:
distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted
• See Also:
insincere
• Derivationally related forms:
artfulness (for: artful), disingenuousness

• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  ingenuous, artless