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Deceitful Common

Deceitful has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

intended to deceive

"deceitful advertising"

"fallacious testimony"

"smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice"

"a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"

2

marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another

"she was a deceitful scheming little thing"

"a double-dealing double agent"

"a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"

3

Deliberately misleading or cheating.

Example Sentences
"deceitful advertising" adjective
"fallacious testimony" adjective
"smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" adjective
"a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes" adjective
"she was a deceitful scheming little thing" adjective
"a double-dealing double agent" adjective
"a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer" adjective
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