deceivable
AmericanUsage
What does deceivable mean? 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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Etymology
Origin of deceivable
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at deceive, able
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Spots they are and filthiness: and of you they make a mockingstock feasting together in their deceivable ways: having eyes full of advoutry, and that cannot cease to sin, beguiling unstable souls.
From The first New Testament printed in English by
Therefore it is good to consider of deformity, not as a sign, which is more deceivable; but as a cause, which seldom faileth of the effect.
From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon
Then withal, I desire you to study how deceivable a thing sin is,—how many deceitful fair pretences it is covered with.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
The next point was to persuade that royal and most deceivable individual that he had entertained an earnest desire to see Richard married to a Princess of Savoy, a cousin of the Queen.
From Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century by Emily Sarah Holt
There 's something in 't That is deceivable.
From Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
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