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English adjective: deceitful

1. deceitful intended to deceive


SamplesDeceitful advertising.
Fallacious testimony.
Smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice.
A fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes.


Synonymsfallacious, fraudulent


Similardishonest, dishonorable


Antonymshonest, honorable

2. deceitful marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another


SamplesShe was a deceitful scheming little thing.
A double-dealing double agent.
A double-faced infernal traitor and schemer.


Synonymsambidextrous, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced


Similardishonest, dishonorable


Antonymshonest, honorable









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