Phrase guide

appearances are deceptive

proverb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

proverb

Meaning 1

It is not possible to judge a person's character from their outward appearance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: المظاهر خداعة — Appearance is not enough to judge anything or anyone
  • Czech: zdání klame — Appearance is not enough to judge anything or anyone
  • Czech: zdání může klamat — Appearance is not enough to judge anything or anyone
  • Danish: skinnet bedrager — Appearance is not enough to judge anything or anyone
  • Dutch: schijn bedriegt — Appearance is not enough to judge anything or anyone
  • Finnish: ulkonäkö pettää — Appearance is not enough to judge anything or anyone
  • French: les apparences sont trompeuses — Appearance is not enough to judge anything or anyone
  • German: der Schein trügt oft — Appearance is not enough to judge anything or anyone
  • German: der Schein kann trügen — Appearance is not enough to judge anything or anyone
  • Hungarian: a látszat csal — Appearance is not enough to judge anything or anyone
  • Irish: tá láithrithe mealltach — Appearance is not enough to judge anything or anyone
  • Italian: l'apparenza inganna — Appearance is not enough to judge anything or anyone
  • Japanese: 外見で自分の性格を判断することはできません (gaiken de jibun no seikaku o handan suru koto wa dekimasen) — Appearance is not enough to judge anything or anyone
  • Korean: 외모는 속임수다 (oemo-neun sogimsu-da) — Appearance is not enough to judge anything or anyone
  • Malay: ڤنمڤيلن بوليه منيڤو — Appearance is not enough to judge anything or anyone
  • Malay: penampilan boleh menipu — Appearance is not enough to judge anything or anyone
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skinnet bedrager — Appearance is not enough to judge anything or anyone
  • Persian: ظواهر گمراه کننده هستند — Appearance is not enough to judge anything or anyone
  • Russian: вне́шность обма́нчива (vnéšnostʹ obmánčiva) — Appearance is not enough to judge anything or anyone
  • Spanish: las apariencias engañan — Appearance is not enough to judge anything or anyone
  • Sranan Tongo: ala piri tifi a no lafu — Appearance is not enough to judge anything or anyone
  • Swedish: skenet bedrar — Appearance is not enough to judge anything or anyone
  • Turkish: görünüş aldatıcı olabilir — Appearance is not enough to judge anything or anyone