Meaning & Definition of Deceitful in English
English⟶
Deceitful
/dəsitfəl/
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"
synonym:
- deceitful,
- fallacious,
- fraudulent
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
synonym:
- ambidextrous,
- deceitful,
- double-dealing,
- duplicitous,
- Janus-faced,
- two-faced,
- double-faced,
- double-tongued
Examples of using
Tom is deceitful.
Tom is deceitful.