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deceptive
de·cep·tive D0071250 (dĭ-sĕp′tĭv)adj. Deceiving or tending to deceive: a deceptive advertisement. de·cep′tive·ness n.deceptive (dɪˈsɛptɪv) adj1. likely or designed to deceive; misleading: appearances can be deceptive. 2. (Classical Music) music (of a cadence) another word for interrupted3 deˈceptively adv deˈceptiveness nde•cep•tive (dɪˈsɛp tɪv) adj. 1. likely to deceive; capable of deception. 2. perceptually misleading. [1605–15; < Medieval Latin] de•cep′tive•ly, adv. de•cep′tive•ness, n. ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | deceptive - causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; "deceptive calm"; "a delusory pleasure"delusoryunreal - not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary; "this conversation is getting more and more unreal"; "the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"; "the unreal world of advertising art" | | 2. | deceptive - 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"misleading, shoddydishonest, dishonorable - deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive |
deceptiveadjective1. misleading, false, fake, mock, ambiguous, unreliable, spurious, illusory, specious, fallacious, delusive Appearances can be deceptive.2. dishonest, deceiving, fraudulent, treacherous, hypocritical, crafty, sneaky, two-faced, disingenuous, deceitful, untrustworthy, underhand, insincere, duplicitous, guileful Her worst fault is a strongly deceptive streak.deceptiveadjectiveTending to lead one into error:delusive, delusory, fallacious, illusive, illusory, misleading.Translationsdeception (diˈsepʃən) noun (an act of) deceiving. Deception is difficult in these circumstances. 欺騙 欺骗deˈceptive (-tiv) adjective deceiving; misleading. Appearances may be deceptive. 騙人的 骗人的deˈceptively adjectiveShe is deceptively shy. 騙人地 骗人地EncyclopediaSeedeceptiondeceptive Related to deceptive: feigning, subterfuge, Passive aggressiveSynonyms for deceptiveadj misleadingSynonyms- misleading
- false
- fake
- mock
- ambiguous
- unreliable
- spurious
- illusory
- specious
- fallacious
- delusive
adj dishonestSynonyms- dishonest
- deceiving
- fraudulent
- treacherous
- hypocritical
- crafty
- sneaky
- two-faced
- disingenuous
- deceitful
- untrustworthy
- underhand
- insincere
- duplicitous
- guileful
Synonyms for deceptiveadj tending to lead one into errorSynonyms- delusive
- delusory
- fallacious
- illusive
- illusory
- misleading
Synonyms for deceptiveadj causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is trueSynonymsRelated Wordsadj designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertentlySynonymsRelated Words |