deceptive
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true
- "deceptive calm"
- designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
- "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"
- "deliberately deceptive packaging"
Adj
- Likely or attempting to deceive.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French déceptif, from Latin dēceptīvus, from dēcipiō (“I deceive”).
Synonyms
beguiling, deceitful, deceptious, deceptive, deceptory, delusory, fallacious, fraudful, fraudulent, misleading, shoddy
Antonyms
honest, nonfraudulent, undeceitful, undeceptive, unmisleading
Scrabble Score: 17
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