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单词 deceitfulness
释义

deceitful

adjective

de·​ceit·​ful di-ˈsēt-fəl How to pronounce deceitful (audio)
: having a tendency or disposition to deceive or give false impressions:
a
: not honest
a deceitful child
left her deceitful husband
b
: deceptive, misleading
deceitful advertising
deceitfully
di-ˈsēt-fə-lē How to pronounce deceitful (audio)
adverb
deceitfulness noun

Synonyms

  • crooked
  • defrauding
  • dishonest
  • double-dealing
  • false
  • fraudulent
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Example Sentences

charged the store owner with such deceitful practices as inflating the list prices for items only so he could put them on sale at drastically reduced prices the deceitful salesman neglected to mention some important information about the used car
Recent Examples on the Web Everything about the littoral seemed deceitful, untrustworthy. Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022 Everything about the littoral seemed deceitful, untrustworthy. Henry Wismayer, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022 Evie ultimately survives the trap she’d been placed in by Oliver, but the response from early test screenings wanted more of a comeuppance for her deceitful cousin. Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Aug. 2022 The sit-down has since been discredited after it was found that deceitful methods were used to secure the interview with Diana. Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2022 Charles Spencer, the brother of Princess Diana, is speaking out again about the deceitful methods used by BBC journalist Martin Bashir to secure a bombshell interview with Diana. Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 25 July 2022 The book’s second half focuses on a boy named Mark who grows into a deceitful teenage addict and clubgoer. New York Times, 27 July 2022 The Dyson report also found that Bashir used deceitful methods to gain access to Princess Diana, including allegedly forging documents. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 July 2022 So strong are the negative associations that the word itself has become a pejorative for someone deceitful or disloyal. Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 8 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

see deceit

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

deceitful

adjective

de·​ceit·​ful di-ˈsēt-fəl How to pronounce deceitful (audio)
: not honest : full of deceit
deceitful advertising

deceitfulness

noun

1
as in deception
the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery her deceitfulness about the long-term effects of her weight-loss program was finally exposed

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • deception
  • deceit
  • deceptiveness
  • fraud
  • cheating
  • cunning
  • duplicity
  • dishonesty
  • lying
  • dissimulation
  • crookedness
  • guile
  • cunningness
  • fakery
  • dissembling
  • craftiness
  • secrecy
  • wiliness
  • crookery
  • cozenage
  • double-dealing
  • fraudulence
  • dupery
  • hypocrisy
  • prevarication
  • subterfuge
  • chicanery
  • mendacity
  • artifice
  • insincerity
  • trickery
  • craft
  • artfulness
  • guilefulness
  • deviousness
  • foxiness
  • skulduggery
  • swindling
  • underhandedness
  • equivocation
  • sanctimoniousness
  • shrewdness
  • obliquity
  • falsehood
  • skullduggery
  • unscrupulousness
  • untruth
  • fib
  • jugglery
  • legerdemain
  • two-facedness
  • slyness
  • furtiveness
  • shadiness
  • falsity
  • wile
  • sneakiness
  • chicane
  • covertness
  • caginess
  • slipperiness
  • shiftiness
  • smoothness
  • treacherousness
  • slickness
  • oiliness
  • hanky-panky
  • mountebankery
  • stealthiness
  • cageyness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sincerity
  • guilelessness
  • ingenuousness
  • artlessness
  • forthrightness
  • frankness
  • openness
  • directness
  • plainness
  • candor
  • honesty
  • reliability
  • candidness
  • trustworthiness
  • probity
  • righteousness
  • truthfulness
  • integrity
  • dependability
  • goodness
  • solidity
  • good faith
  • uprightness
  • virtuousness
  • incorruptibility
  • decency
  • plainspokenness
  • trustability
  • trustiness
  • reliableness
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2
as in deceit
the tendency to tell lies his lifelong deceitfulness began when he was just a toddler

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • deceit
  • dishonesty
  • untruthfulness
  • mendacity
  • mendaciousness
  • falseness
  • falsehood
  • duplicity
  • insincerity
  • cunning
  • crookedness
  • dissimulation
  • hypocrisy
  • guile
  • fakery
  • dissembling
  • craftiness
  • wiliness
  • double-dealing
  • trickishness
  • guilefulness
  • artifice
  • foxiness
  • craft

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • truthfulness
  • integrity
  • honesty
  • sincerity
  • probity
  • veracity
  • incorruptibility
  • frankness
  • reliability
  • verity
  • trustworthiness
  • candor
  • straightforwardness
  • honor
  • dependability
  • accuracy
  • objectivity
  • correctness
  • genuineness
  • candidness
  • authenticity
  • veraciousness
  • credibility
  • good faith
  • reliableness
  • plainspokenness
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