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deceitful definition
deceitful |
Grep of noun deceitful deceitfulness Overview of adj deceitful The adj deceitful has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent -- (intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes") 2. ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued -- (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) Antonyms of adj deceitful 2 senses of deceitful Sense 1 deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent INDIRECT (VIA dishonest) -> honest, honorable Sense 2 ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued INDIRECT (VIA dishonest) -> honest, honorable Similarity of adj deceitful 2 senses of deceitful Sense 1 deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent => dishonest (vs. honest), dishonorable Sense 2 ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued => dishonest (vs. honest), dishonorable Attributes of adj deceitful Familiarity of adj deceitful deceitful used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj deceitful deceitful Overview of adj deceitful The adj deceitful has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent -- (intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes") 2. ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued -- (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)
deceitful definition
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