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misleading
mis·lead·ing M0338300 (mĭs-lē′dĭng)adj. Tending to mislead; deceptive. mis·lead′ing·ly adv.misleading (mɪsˈliːdɪŋ) adjtending to confuse or mislead; deceptive misˈleadingly advmis•lead•ing (mɪsˈli dɪŋ) adj. tending to mislead; deceptive. [1630–40] mis•lead′ing•ly, adv. mis•lead′ing•ness, n. ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | misleading - designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"; "shoddy business practices"deceptive, shoddydishonest, dishonorable - deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive |
misleadingadjective confusing, false, ambiguous, deceptive, spurious, evasive, disingenuous, tricky (informal), deceitful, specious, delusive, delusory, sophistical, casuistical, unstraightforward The article contains several misleading statements. open, clear, true, direct, simple, frank, obvious, correct, plain, genuine, straightforward, explicit, sincere, honest, candid, truthful, dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal)misleadingadjectiveTending to lead one into error:deceptive, delusive, delusory, fallacious, illusive, illusory.Translationsmislead (misˈliːd) – past tense, past participle misˈled (-ˈled) – verb to give a wrong idea to. Her friendly attitude misled me into thinking I could trust her. 誤導 误导,使产生错误印象 misˈleading adjectivea misleading remark. 誤導的 使人误解的IdiomsSeemisleadEncyclopediaSeedeceptionmisleading
Synonyms for misleadingadj confusingSynonyms- confusing
- false
- ambiguous
- deceptive
- spurious
- evasive
- disingenuous
- tricky
- deceitful
- specious
- delusive
- delusory
- sophistical
- casuistical
- unstraightforward
Antonyms- open
- clear
- true
- direct
- simple
- frank
- obvious
- correct
- plain
- genuine
- straightforward
- explicit
- sincere
- honest
- candid
- truthful
- dinkum
Synonyms for misleadingadj tending to lead one into errorSynonyms- deceptive
- delusive
- delusory
- fallacious
- illusive
- illusory
Synonyms for misleadingadj designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertentlySynonymsRelated Words |