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deceivable
[dih-see-vuh-buhl]
Other Word Forms
- nondeceivable adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of deceivable1
Example Sentences
As our Understandings are opened by the pure Light, we experience that, through an inward approaching to God, the Mind is strengthened in Obedience; and that by gratifying those Desires which are not of his begetting, those Approaches to him are obstructed, and the deceivable Spirit gains Strength.
"O soden hap, O thou fortune unstable, Like to the scorpion so deceivable, That flatrest with thy hed whan thou wilt sting."
Albeit that men find one woman nice, Inconstant, recheless, and variable, Deignous and proud, full fillèd of malice, Withouten faith or love, and deceivable, Sly, quaint, false, in all untrust culpable, Wicked or fierce, or full of cruelty: Yet followeth not that such all women be!
This is no good argument, my friends; this is a deceivable argument: he went to his death boldly—ergo, he standeth in a just quarrel.
King James contents himself by examining only four of the principal grounds or arguments upon which tobacco is used, two founded "on the theoricke of a deceivable appearance of reason," and two "upon the mistaken practicke of generall experience."
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When To Use
Deceivable means easily deceived—misled, cheated, or otherwise convinced of something that is not the truth. The word gullible means the same thing.The word is typically used to describe people who are lied to without knowing that they have been lied to—or people who are easily tricked into believing things that are not true. Con artists and scammers prey on deceivable people, whom they might call suckers or easy marks.Example: If a person doesn’t have a strong foundation in critical thinking, it’s likely that they are very deceivable.
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