ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

contemptible, unrespectable, abject, mean, shabby, little, paltry, dirty, scurvy, scabby,
sneaking, groveling, scrubby, rascally, pettifogging; beneath one.
low-minded, low-thoughted † ; base-minded.
undignified, indign † ; unbecoming, unbeseeming † , unbefitting; derogatory, degrading;
infra dignitatem [Lat.], beneath one's dignity; ungentlemanly, ungentlemanlike;
unknightly † , unchivalric † , unmanly, unhandsome; recreant, inglorious.
corrupt, venal; debased, mongrel.
faithless, of bad faith, false, unfaithful, disloyal; untrustworthy; trustless, trothless † ;
lost to shame, dead to honor; barratrous.
Adv. dishonestly &c adj.; mala fide [Lat.], like a thief in the night, by crooked paths.
Int. O tempora! † , O mores!, [Cicero].
Phr. corruptissima respublica plurimae leges [Lat.] [Tacitus].
941. Knave -- N. knave, rogue; Scapin † , rascal; Lazarillo de Tormes; bad man &c 949;
blackguard &c 949; barrater † , barrator † ; shyster [U.S.].
traitor, betrayer, archtraitor † , conspirator, Judas, Catiline; reptile, serpent, snake in the
grass, wolf in sheep's clothing, sneak, Jerry Sneak, squealer [Slang], tell-tale, mischiefmaker;
trimmer, fence-sitter, renegade &c (tergiversation) 607; truant, recreant;
sycophant &c (servility) 886.
942. Disinterestedness -- N. disinterestedness &c adj.; generosity; liberality, liberalism;
altruism; benevolence &c 906; elevation, loftiness of purpose, exaltation, magnanimity;
chivalry, chivalrous spirit; heroism, sublimity.
self-denial, self-abnegation, self-sacrifice, self-immolation, self-control &c
(resolution) 604; stoicism, devotion, martyrdom, suttee.
labor of love.
V. be disinterested &c adj.; make a sacrifice, lay one's head on the block; put oneself in
the place of others, do as one would be done by, do unto others as we would men should
do unto us.
Adj. disinterested; unselfish; self-denying, self-sacrificing, self-devoted; generous.
handsome, liberal, noble, broad-minded; noble-minded, high-minded; princely, great,
high, elevated, lofty, exalted, spirited, stoical, magnanimous; great-hearted, large-hearted;
chivalrous, heroic, sublime.
unbought, unbribed † ; uncorrupted &c (upright) 939.
Phr. non vobis solum [Lat.].
943. Selfishness -- N. selfishness &c adj.; self-love, self-indulgence, self-worship, selfinterest;
egotism, egoism; amour propre [Fr.], &c (vanity) 880; nepotism.
worldliness &c adj.; world wisdom.
illiberality; meanness &c adj.. time-pleaser, time-server; tuft-hunter, fortune-hunter;
jobber, worldling; egotist, egoist, monopolist, nepotist; dog in the manger, charity that
begins at home; canis in praesepi [Lat.], foes to nobleness, temporizer, trimmer.
V. be selfish &c adj.; please oneself, indulge oneself, coddle oneself; consult one's own
wishes, consult one's own pleasure; look after one's own interest; feather one's nest; take
care of number one, have an eye to the main chance, know on which side one's bread is
buttered; give an inch and take an ell.