deceitful
[dih-seet-fuh l]
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Origin of deceitful
Synonyms
See more synonyms for deceitful on Thesaurus.com1. insincere, disingenuous, false, hollow, designing, tricky, wily. 2. illusory, fallacious.
Antonyms
1. honest. 2. genuine.
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Examples from the Web for deceitful
Contemporary Examples
As a hunter with many guns, I despise these bullies and their deceitful shams of wildlife protection.
It also put a target on his back, and Fleck complained about what he described as a “vicious… deceitful and… personal” campaign.
The Bar determined his failure to inform his client was both dishonest and deceitful.
Will Naming And Shaming Prove to be a Winning Strategy For Bryan Singer's Accuser?Eboni K. Williams
April 22, 2014
Already, Ron Paul has ads up branding Rick Santorum a deceitful, cash-grabbing dirtbag and “serial hypocrite.”
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh acknowledged that even a frustrating and deceitful dialogue is better than none.
Historical Examples
Yet, I warn you, appearances are deceitful; he is always drunker than he looks.
In the ValleyHarold Frederic
His animal nature was predominant, and this led him to be deceitful.
Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From HomeBayard Taylor
The world is a miserable, hollow, deceitful shell of vanity and hypocrisy.
Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From HomeBayard Taylor
This kind of political economy can only be qualified as false and deceitful.
The Sexual QuestionAugust Forel
But he had been deceitful—and to Martha Phipps, of all people.
Galusha the MagnificentJoseph C. Lincoln
deceitful
- full of deceit
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Word Origin and History for deceitful
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