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Webster 1913 Edition

Deceitful

De-ceit′ful

,

Adj.

Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere.

Harboring foul

deceitful

thoughts.

Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Deceitful

DECE'ITFUL

, a.

Definition 2024

deceitful

deceitful

English

Alternative forms

deceiptful (obsolete)
deceiptfull (obsolete)
deceitfull (archaic)

Adjective

deceitful ‎(comparative more deceitful, superlative most deceitful)

deliberately misleading or cheating
deceptive in multiple ways, twifaced

Synonyms

See also Wikisaurus:deceptive

Translations

deliberately misleading or cheating

Bulgarian: измамен (bg) ‎(izmamen), неверен (bg) ‎(neveren)
Finnish: vilpillinen (fi)
French: trompeur (fr) m, tricheur (fr) m
Greek:
Ancient: ἀπατηλός ‎(apatēlós)
Italian: bugiardo (it) m

Latin: mendāx
Maori: titipa
Portuguese: enganador (pt) m, trapaceiro (pt) m
Russian: лжи́вый (ru) ‎(lžívyj)
Scottish Gaelic: breugach, meallta, mealltach
Swedish: vilseledande (sv)

deceptive in multiple ways

Bulgarian: измамнически (bg) ‎(izmamničeski)
French: trompeur (fr) m
Italian: bugiardo (it) m

Russian: обма́нчивый (ru) ‎(obmánčivyj)
Swedish: vilseledande (sv)