What is "deceitful" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does deceitful mean in English? Meaning of deceitful definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "deceitful" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "deceitful": intended to deceive

Adjective

  • Meaning: intended to deceive
  • Example: deceitful advertising fallacious testimony smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes
  • Synonyms: deceitful fallacious fraudulent
  • Similar: dishonest dishonorable
  • Pronunciation in UK: [dɪˈsiːtfəɫ]

    Meaning of "deceitful": marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another

    Adjective

  • Meaning: marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
  • Example: she was a deceitful scheming little thing a double-dealing double agent a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer
  • Synonyms: ambidextrous deceitful double-dealing double-faced double-tongued duplicitous janus-faced two-faced
  • Similar: dishonest dishonorable
  • Pronunciation in UK: [dɪˈsiːtfəɫ]

  • Adjective: deliberately misleading or cheatingdeceptive in multiple ways
  • Synonyms:

    duplicitous, disingenuous, hypocritical, artful, fraudulent, misleading, untruthful, deceptive, untrustworthy, underhanded, astute, clandestine, counterfeit, crafty, cunning, delusive, designing, double-dealing, fallacious, feline, foxy, furtive, illusory, indirect, insidious, knavish, lying, mendacious, rascal, roguish, shifty, slick, sly, sneaky, stealthy, subtle, treacherous, tricky, two-faced, underhand, wily, delusory, guileful, false, astucious, beguiling, deceiving, impostrous,

    Antonyms:

    real, valid, honest, reliable, truthful, frank, ingenuous, naive, sincere, authentic, forthright, loyal, trustworthy, actual, genuine, just, upright, open, faithful,

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    deceitful in English: deceitful
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