deceiver
one who misleads another or others by a false appearance or statement, especially one who does so habitually: Far from being a historian, he is a deceiver who invents, manipulates, and modifies documents.
Origin of deceiver
1Other words from deceiver
- pre·de·ceiv·er, noun
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How to use deceiver in a sentence
And cancer, deceiver, pretender, coward; it cannot even subsist without the vibrant people it depends on.
English-speaking readers will now be able to enjoy for the first time The True deceiver, translated by Thomas Teal.
The True deceiver by Tove Jansson A wintry tale about two women and the search for truth.
And falling on his knees before the settle he began to pour forth the most dreadful curses on the head of his deceiver.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis StevensonA lovely girl was once drugged by her deceiver and left to bear her shame alone.
Prisons and Prayer: Or a Labor of Love | Elizabeth Ryder Wheaton
According to these words Ezekiel was either an out-and-out deceiver, a wicked man, or, he was a clairvoyant.
The Prophet Ezekiel | Arno C. GaebeleinFalling into the pose with consummate art of the practiced deceiver, she really made an attractive study.
Marjorie Dean College Freshman | Pauline LesterO Lovelace, thou art surely nearly allied to the grand deceiver, in thy endeavour to suit temptations to inclinations?
Clarissa, Volume 6 (of 9) | Samuel Richardson
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