| 单词 | deceitful |
| 释义 | deceitful (once / 1696 pages) adj Do you like to tell lies? Then you're deceitful — someone who's untrustworthy, two-faced, or fraudulent. Being called deceitful is not a compliment: deceitful words are misleading and deceitful people tend to lie or deceive others. You can say a corrupt business is deceitful, and a two-faced politician is deceitful. A deceitful story is meant to trick you in some way, and a deceitful friend is no friend at all — they're someone you shouldn't trust. Deceitful is the opposite of honest. WORD FAMILYdeceitful: deceitfulest, deceitfully, deceitfulness+/deceit: deceitful, deceits, self-deceit USAGE EXAMPLESMining this background, LeRoy wrote extraordinary books – Sarah, Harold’s End and The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things – to widespread acclaim. The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) If they become law following votes in European Parliament, as currently drafted, that path forward would be paved with deceitful accounting practices. Salon(Dec 25, 2016) Judge Michael Kay QC told her: "You are a violent, dishonest and deceitful person and ultimately a selfish, heartless killer." BBC(Dec 21, 2016) 1adj 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"- Israel Zangwill Syn Janus-faced, ambidextrous, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, two-faced dishonest, dishonorable deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive 2adj intended to deceive deceitful advertising "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge Syn fallacious, fraudulent dishonest, dishonorable deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive |
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