Definition of DECEITFUL

deceitful

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • intended to deceive; ; ; - S.T.Coleridge
    • "deceitful advertising"
    • "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice"
  • marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; - Israel Zangwill; ; - W.M.Thackeray
    • "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"

Adj

  • Deliberately misleading or cheating.
  • Deceptive, two-faced.

Origin / Etymology

From deceit + -ful.

Synonyms

ambidextrous, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, fallacious, fraudulent, Janus-faced, two-faced

Scrabble Score: 15

deceitful is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
deceitful is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
deceitful is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

deceitful is a valid Words With Friends word