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de·ceit·ful
 deceitful
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- pronunciation:
- dih
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
full of deceit; duplicitous.
- synonyms:
- crooked, devious, dishonest, duplicitous, false, fraudulent, hypocritical, two-faced, untruthful
- antonyms:
- guileless, honest, truthful
- similar words:
- crafty, cunning, disingenuous, disloyal, double, insincere, mendacious, perfidious, shoddy, sneaky, traitorous, treacherous, tricky, underhanded, wily
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| definition 2: |
misleading or deceptive.
- synonyms:
- deceptive, delusive, duplicitous, false, fraudulent, misleading
- antonyms:
- candid, honest
- similar words:
- bogus, counterfeit, evasive, illusive, illusory, mock, sham, shifty, slippery, specious, spurious, two-faced, unreal
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| related words: |
dastardly, dishonest, foul, foxy, furtive, meretricious, underhand |
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| derivations: |
deceitfully (adv.), deceitfulness (n.) |
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