honorable vs underhanded

honorable

adj
  • Worthy of respect; respectable. 

  • A courtesy title, given in Britain and the Commonwealth to a cabinet minister, minister of state, or senator, and in the United States to the president, vice president, congresspeople, state governors and legislators, and mayors. 

noun
  • A politician or other person who bears the title of "honorable". 

underhanded

noun
  • Devious people, collectively. 

adv
  • In an underhanded manner. 

adj
  • Done by moving the hand (and arm) from below. 

  • Sly, dishonest, corrupt, cheating. 

  • Insincere; sarcastic. 

  • An underhanded compliment is actually criticism. 

  • Secret; surreptitious. 

  • His underhanded trick backfired and he was disqualified. 

  • Understaffed. 

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