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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
de·ceit·ful       [di-seet-fuhl] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.given to deceiving: A deceitful person cannot keep friends for long.
2.intended to deceive; misleading; fraudulent: a deceitful action.
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME; see deceit, -ful]

—Related forms
de·ceit·ful·ly, adverb
de·ceit·ful·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. insincere, disingenuous, false, hollow, designing, tricky, wily. 2. illusory, fallacious.
—Antonyms 1. honest. 2. genuine.
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de·ceit·ful       (dĭ-sēt'fəl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Given to cheating or deceiving.
  2. Deliberately misleading; deceptive. See Synonyms at dishonest.

de·ceit'ful·ly adv., de·ceit'ful·ness n.
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deceitful

adjective
1. intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes" 
2. 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; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray [syn: ambidextrous] 

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Deceitful

De*ceit"ful\, a. Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere.

Harboring foul deceitful thoughts. --Shak.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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