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View usage for: (dɪsiːtfʊl) adjectiveIf you say that someone is deceitful, you mean that they behave in a dishonest way by making other people believe something that is not true. They claimed the government had been deceitful. The ambassador called the report deceitful and misleading. Synonyms: dishonest, false, deceiving, fraudulent More Synonyms of deceitful deceitful in British English (dɪˈsiːtfʊl) Derived forms deceitfully (deˈceitfully) adverb deceitfulness (deˈceitfulness) noun deceitful in American English (diˈsitfəl; dɪˈsitfəl) adjective1. tending to deceive; apt to lie or cheat 2. intended to deceive; deceptive; false SIMILAR WORDS: disˈhonest Derived forms deceitfully (deˈceitfully) adverb deceitfulness (deˈceitfulness) noun Examples of 'deceitful' in a sentencedeceitful You are also deceitful, dishonest and manipulative.A perpetrator often is deceitful and manipulative.A woman is sent to prison thanks to the scheming of her deceitful husband.Hospital records show she continued to be vain and deceitful, having clothes and make-up smuggled in.It is difficult to imagine a more cunning, deceitful or warped course of conduct than yours in this case, or a more malicious one. In other languagesdeceitful British English: deceitful ADJECTIVE If you say that someone is deceitful, you mean that they behave in a dishonest way by making other people believe something that is not true. The ambassador called the report deceitful and misleading. - American English: deceitful
- Brazilian Portuguese: enganador
- Chinese: 欺骗的
- European Spanish: engañoso
- French: trompeur
- German: betrügerisch
- Italian: disonesto
- Japanese: 人をだます
- Korean: 기만적인
- European Portuguese: enganador
- Latin American Spanish: engañoso
Chinese translation of 'deceitful'Definition full of deceit The ambassador called the report deceitful and misleading. Synonyms deceiving counterfeit duplicitous guileful Additional synonymsDefinition skilled in deception That crafty old devil had taken us all for a ride. Synonyms cunning, scheming, sly, devious, knowing, designing, sharp, calculating, subtle, tricky, shrewd, astute, fraudulent, canny, wily, insidious, artful, foxy, deceitful, duplicitous, tricksy, guilefulHer worst fault is a strongly deceptive streak. Synonyms dishonest, deceiving, fraudulent, treacherous, hypocritical, crafty, sneaky, two-faced, disingenuous, deceitful, untrustworthy, underhand, insincere, duplicitous, guilefulDefinition dishonest and insincere his disingenuous claims of innocence Synonyms dishonest, cunning, sly, designing, wily, insidious, feigned, artful, two-faced, shifty (informal), deceitful, insincere, duplicitous, underhanded, guileful, uncandid |