base, vile, ignominious, blackguard.
     contemptible, unrespectable, abject, mean, shabby, little, paltry,
dirty, scurvy, scabby, sneaking, groveling, scrubby, rascally, pettifogging; beneath one.
     low-minded, low-thoughted[obs3]; base-minded.
     undignified, indign|; unbecoming, unbeseeming[obs3], unbefitting;
derogatory, degrading; infra dignitatem [Latin:  beneath one’s dignity]; ungentlemanly, ungentlemanlike; unknightly[obs3], unchivalric[obs3], unmanly, unhandsome; recreant, inglorious.
     corrupt, venal; debased, mongrel.
     faithless, of bad faith, false, unfaithful, disloyal; untrustworthy;
trustless, trothless[obs3]; 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[obs3]!  O mores! [Cicero]. 
     Phr. corruptissima respublica plurimae leges [Lat][Tacitus].

     #941.  Knave. —­ N. knave, rogue; Scapin[obs3], rascal; Lazarillo de
Tormes; bad man &c. 949; blackguard &c. 949; barrater[obs3], barrator[obs3]; shyster [U.S..].
     traitor, betrayer, archtraitor[obs3], conspirator, Judas, Catiline;
reptile, serpent, snake in the grass, wolf in sheep’s clothing, sneak, Jerry Sneak, squealer*, tell-tale, mischief-maker; 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[obs3]; uncorrupted &c. (upright) 939. 
     Phr. non vobis solum[Lat].

     #943.  Selfishness. —­ N. selfishness &c. adj.; self-love, self-
indulgence, self-worship, self-interest; 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.