Qualities

Synonyms for disingenuous

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampQualities

not straightforward or candid

Her smile was disingenuous, and everyone at the table noticed.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

artful

Same sentence, swapped: Her smile was artful, and everyone at the table noticed.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for disingenuous as it is used in the sentence above.

ingenuous
illusive
fallacious

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