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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest, immoral |
| Synonyms: | bent, bribable, contaminated, corrupt, crooked, debauched, deceitful, defiled, degenerate, depraved, dirtied, dishonorable, disloyal, faithless, filthy, flagitious, impure, mercenary, nefarious, perfidious, perverse, polluted, soiled, sullied, tainted, treacherous, unclean, untrustworthy, venal, vicious, villainous, vitiated |
| Antonyms: | decent, good, honest, moral, trustworthy, uncorrupt |
| Main Entry: | shabby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | despicable |
| Synonyms: | beggarly, cheap, contemptible, despisable, dirty, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, ignoble, ignominious, inconsiderate, inglorious, low, low-down, mean, mercenary, miserly, rotten, scummy, selfish, shady, shameful, shoddy, sordid, sorry, stingy, thoughtless, unkind, unworthy |
| Antonyms: | honorable, respectable |
| Main Entry: | soldier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person serving in military |
| Synonyms: | GI, Green Beret, airforce member, cadet, cavalryperson, commando, conscript, draftee, enlisted person, fighter, guard, guerrilla, gunner, infantry, infantryperson, marine, mercenary, military person, musketeer, officer, paratrooper, pilot, private, rank, recruit, scout, selectee, serviceperson, soldier, soldier-at-arms, trooper, veteran, volunteer, warmonger, warrior |
| Main Entry: | sordid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty, bad, low |
| Synonyms: | abject, avaricious, base, black, calculated, corrupt, covetous, debauched, degenerate, degraded, despicable, disreputable, dowdy, filthy, foul, grasping, grubby, ignoble, impure, low-down, mean, mercenary, miserable, miserly, nasty, poor, scurvy, seedy, self-seeking, selfish, servile, shabby, shameful, sleazy, slovenly, slum, slummy, small, small-minded, squalid, unclean, uncleanly, ungenerous, venal, vicious, vile, wretched |
| Antonyms: | good, honorable, reputable, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | unethical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest, immoral |
| Synonyms: | cheating, corrupt, crooked, dirty*, dirty-dealing, dishonorable, disreputable, double-crossing, fake, fishy, flimflam, fly-by-night, illegal, improper, mercenary, scam*, shady*, sharp*, slick*, slippery*, sneaky*, two-faced, two-timing, underhand, unfair, unprincipled, unprofessional, unscrupulous, wrong |
| Antonyms: | ethical, good, honest, moral, right, upright |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unscrupulous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immoral |
| Synonyms: | arrant, base, casuistic, conscienceless, corrupt, crafty, crooked, deceitful, degraded, degrading, disgraceful, dishonest, dishonorable, exploitative, illegal, improper, low-down, mercenary, perfidious, petty, questionable, recreant, ruthless, scandalous, scheming, self-seeking, selfish, shady, shameless, shifty, sinister, slippery, sly, two-faced, unconscientious, unconscionable, underhand, underhanded, unethical, unfair, unprincipled, unworthy, venal, wicked, wrongful |
| Antonyms: | ethical, good, moral, principled, scrupulous |
| Main Entry: | venal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bribable, corruptible |
| Synonyms: | amoral, bent*, buyable, conscienceless, corrupt, crooked, dishonest, double-dealing, immoral, mercenary, on the take, padded, purchasable, unethical, unprincipled, unprofessional, unscrupulous |
| Notes: | venal is 'corruptible, unscrupulous'; venial is 'forgivable; not criminal' |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | soldier of fortune |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hired soldier |
| Synonyms: | condottiere, free companion, freelance, hired gun, hireling, legionnaire, mercenary, professional soldier, soldier for hire |
| Main Entry: | praetorian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, abased, baneful, boorish, degenerate, degraded, deleterious, depraved, dishonored, dissolute, evil, flagitious, infamous, loose, low, mercenary, miscreant, monstrous*, nefarious, perverse, profligate, rotten, venal, villainous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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