deceitful English

Meaning deceitful meaning

What does deceitful mean?

deceitful

— adjective (= 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

— adjective (= double-dealing, double-faced) 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

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deceitful English » English

fraudulent

dishonest

deceptive

cunning

false

devious

crafty

treacherous

lying

tricky

hypocritical

untruthful

sly

mendacious

fallacious

duplicitous

wicked

unfair

underhanded

perfidious

insincere

insidious

double-faced

cheat

wily

unreliable

two-faced

double-dealing

disloyal

disingenuous

clever

untrustworthy

underhand

tricksy

traitorous

sneaky

shifty

selfish

misleading

liar

indirect

in a hurry

illusory

illusive

guileful

fraudulous

foul

elusive

double-tongued

denial