 deceitful |
||
| 1. | [ adjective ] intended to deceive | |
| Synonyms: | fraudulent fallacious | |
| Examples: | "deceitful advertising" "fallacious testimony" "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes" |
|
| Related terms: | dishonest | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another | |
| Synonyms: | double-dealing double-faced double-tongued duplicitous janus-faced two-faced ambidextrous | |
| Examples: | "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill "a double-dealing double agent" "a double-faced infernal traitor and |
|
| Related terms: | dishonest | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another | |
| Synonyms: | double-dealing duplicitous Janus-faced two-faced double-faced double-tongued ambidextrous | |
| Examples: | "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray |
|
| Related terms: | dishonest | |
| Similar spelling: |
deceitfully |
|
