Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Given to cheating or deceiving.
- adjective Deliberately misleading; deceptive. synonym: dishonest.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of deceit; tending to mislead, deceive, or insnare; tricky; fraudulent; cheating.
- Synonyms Deceptive, Deceitful, etc. (see
deceptive ), delusive, fallacious, insincere, hypocritical, false, hollow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
deliberately misleading orcheating - adjective
deceptive in multiple ways
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
- adjective intended to deceive
Etymologies
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Examples
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The counselor to the president's accusing the network of what it calls deceitful editing, twisting the president's words.
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And then it was that we told the "innocent child" (that's what we call the deceitful cat) everything.
A Young Girl's Diary 1923
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And then it was that we told the "innocent child" (that's what we call the deceitful cat) everything.
A Young Girl's Diary Anonymous 1897
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For CBS to run an ad during a family event from an organization so hateful and deceitful is shameful.
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Amazingly the train halted along the dark countryside, from time to time indulging in short, deceitful movements backward or forward, and whistling harsh paeans into the high October night.
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And while it's hard to hear yourself called deceitful and manipulative, I remember Ben Franklin's admonition that our critics are our friends, for they do show us our faults.
Statement By The President ITY National Archives 1998
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Amazingly the train halted along the dark countryside, from time to time indulging in short, deceitful movements backward or forward, and whistling harsh paeans into the high October night.
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"If you call her deceitful, what are you?" he sputtered.
Set in Silver 1901
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I must weave a veil of dazzling falsehood to hide my grief from vulgar eyes, smoothe my brow, and paint my lips in deceitful smiles -- even in solitude I dare not think how lost I am, lest I become insane and rave.
I.9 1826
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And while it's hard to hear yourself called deceitful and manipulative, I remember Ben Franklin's admonition that our critics are our friends, for they do show us our faults.
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