deceitful
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.
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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”synonyms: Janus-faced, ambidextrous, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, two-faced
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intended to deceive“deceitful advertising”“"smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge”synonyms: fallacious, fraudulent
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Vocabulary lists containing deceitful
The suffix -ful means "characterized by" or "full of." For example, a joyful song is characterized by joy or happiness. Learn these words that include the suffix -ful.
From insincere displays of emotion to falsely labeled products to outright lies, there are unfortunately a lot of ways to be dishonest or fake. For more synonym lists, explore our Say What You Mean resources.
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