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Defenition of the word deceitful

    • Defenition of the word deceitful

      • Characterized by insincerity or deceit.
      • marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray
      • intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice"_ S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"
      • marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and
      • intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"
      • marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
      • intended to deceive

    Synonyms for the word deceitful

      • ambidextrous
      • cheating
      • cunning
      • deceiving
      • devious
      • dishonest
      • double-dealing
      • double-faced
      • double-tongued
      • duplicitous
      • faithless
      • fallacious
      • falsehearted
      • fraudulent
      • Janus-faced
      • lying
      • two-faced
      • untrustworthy

    Similar words in the deceitful

      • deceitful
      • deceitfully
      • deceitfulness
      • deceitfulness's
      • dishonest
      • dishonorable

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