[
US
/dəˈsitfəɫ, dɪˈsitfəɫ/
]
[ UK /dɪsˈiːtfəl/ ]
[ UK /dɪsˈiːtfəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
a double-dealing double agent
a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer
she was a deceitful scheming little thing -
intended to deceive
fallacious testimony
a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes
deceitful advertising
smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice
How To Use deceitful In A Sentence
- His manner was sly and deceitful.
- We wouldn't lie to you about the history of "perfidious" -- even though the word itself suggests deceitfulness. Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day
- Rome created the word that denotes this marvellous and monstrous phenomenon, of history, the enormous city, the deceitful source of life and death -- _urbs_ -- _the city_. Characters and events of Roman History
- We must have the power to remove a corrupt and deceitful man from office. Times, Sunday Times
- Some examples of words ending in -ful that have no forms in -less are awful, bashful and deceitful.
- And it is the treachery of his appetite which inveigles him into the mischief, which cheats, and abuses, and by deceitful overtures trapans him into a perpetual calamity. Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. IV.
- Returning to her native city from Asia, she was driven home by a rude, obnoxious and deceitful driver.
- He was deceitful, not telling his parents, for instance, that he got honey from the carcass of a lion.
- The people who perpetrated that buy-back scheme are despicable, deceitful, dishonest, and crooked.
- It encouraged me to live deceitfully; I enjoyed living a lie.
