Of impersonal things: Untruthful, mendacious; hence, deceitful, false.

Apt to deceive.

That mocks a person or thing; expressing ridicule, scorn, or derision; engaging in imitation; mimicking.

Of juggling, etc.: Dexterous, deceptive.

Of the nature of or characterized by sleight of hand, juggling, conjuring or trickery; deceptive, illusory; (of a person) that cheats or deceives…

Fallacious, delusory, deceptive. Obsolete. rare.

Having the character of deluding; of deluding quality; delusive.

Of, relating to, or involving prestigiation; conjuring; deceptive, delusive.

Having the quality of illuding or tending to deceive by unreal prospects; of the nature of an illusion; illusive.

Having the attribute of deluding, characterized by delusion, tending to delude, deceptive.

Of the nature of or characterized by deception; that tends to deceive, cheat, or mislead.

That deludes.

That represents too favourably; said esp. of a picture or the like.

= delusory, adj.

That confounds or fails to live up to expectations; that causes disappointment; delusive.

Deceptive.

That tends to illude or deceive by unreal appearances; productive of illusion or false impression; deceptive; illusory.

As a modifier.

deluding.

False, deceptive. Obsolete. rare.

Of things, indications, appearances: Fallacious, deceptive. Of a medium of vision: That distorts the object looked at; so in †false glass, false…

Of a deceptive kind or character.

Of or pertaining to deception; deceptive.

Imaginary; illusory; false. Obsolete.

of the nature of a will-o'-the-wisp.

= will-o'-the-wispish adj.

pertaining to illusionism or the illusionists.

Pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to illusions.