adj
Meaning 1
Deliberately misleading or cheating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
deceitful
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
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UK: /dɪˈsiːtfʊl/
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UK: /-fl̩/
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adj
Meaning 2
Deceptive, two-faced.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another- Israel Zangwill- W.M.Thackeray
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she was a deceitful scheming little thing
- a double-dealing double agent
- a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ambidextrous, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
intended to deceive - S.T.Coleridge
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- deceitful advertising
- fallacious testimony
- smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice
- a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fallacious, fraudulent
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From deceit + -ful.
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: измамен (izmamen) — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Bulgarian: неверен (neveren) — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Dutch: bedrieglijk — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Dutch: vals — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Dutch: misleidend — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Finnish: vilpillinen — deliberately misleading or cheating
- French: trompeur — deliberately misleading or cheating
- French: tricheur — deliberately misleading or cheating
- German: trügerisch — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍄𐍃 (liuts) — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Gothic: 𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 (hindarweis) — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Ancient Greek: δόλιος (dólios) — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Ancient Greek: ἀπατηλός (apatēlós) — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Hindi: ढोंगी (ḍhoṅgī) — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Italian: bugiardo — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Latin: mendāx — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Latin: pellāx — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Latin: perfidus — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Māori: titipa — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Norwegian Bokmål: villedende — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Norwegian Bokmål: svikefull — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Portuguese: enganador — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Portuguese: trapaceiro — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Russian: лжи́вый (lžívyj) — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Scottish Gaelic: breugach — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Scottish Gaelic: meallta — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Scottish Gaelic: mealltach — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Spanish: delusorio — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Spanish: embustero — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Spanish: cubero — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Swedish: bedräglig — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Swedish: svekfull — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Swedish: vilseledande — deliberately misleading or cheating
- Bulgarian: измамнически (izmamničeski) — deceptive — see also deceptive
- Finnish: petollinen — deceptive — see also deceptive
- French: trompeur — deceptive — see also deceptive
- German: trügerisch — deceptive — see also deceptive
- Hindi: ढोंगी (ḍhoṅgī) — deceptive — see also deceptive
- Italian: bugiardo — deceptive — see also deceptive
- Latin: fallax — deceptive — see also deceptive
- Old English: ġēaplīċ — deceptive — see also deceptive
- Russian: обма́нчивый (obmánčivyj) — deceptive — see also deceptive
- Swedish: falsk — deceptive — see also deceptive
- Swedish: vilseledande — deceptive — see also deceptive
- Ukrainian: обма́нливий (obmánlyvyj) — deceptive — see also deceptive