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Synonyms for deceitful
dɪˈsit fəlde·ceit·ful
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
deceitful
Vain (Latin vanus, empty) keeps the etymological idea through all changes of meaning; a vain endeavor is empty of result, or of adequate power to produce a result, a vain pretension is empty or destitute of support, a vain person has a conceit that is empty or destitute of adequate cause or reason. That which is bootless, fruitless, or profitless fails to accomplish any valuable result; that which is abortive, ineffectual, or unavailing fails to accomplish a result that it was, or was supposed to be, adapted to accomplish. That which is useless, futile, or vain is inherently incapable of accomplishing a specified result. Useless, in the widest sense, signifies not of use for any valuable purpose, and is thus closely similar to valueless and worthless. Fruitless is more final than ineffectual, as applying to the sum or harvest of endeavor. That which is useless lacks actual fitness for a purpose; that which is vain lacks imaginable fitness. Compare VACANT; OSTENTATION; PRIDE.
Compare synonyms for UTILITY.
Synonyms:
abortive, baseless, bootless, delusive, empty, fruitless, futile, idle, inconstant, ineffectual, nugatory, null, profitless, shadowy, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unimportant, unprofitable, unreal, unsatisfying, unserviceable, unsubstantial, useless, vain, vapid, visionary, worthlessAntonyms:
adequate, advantageous, beneficial, competent, effective, efficient, expedient, potent, powerful, profitable, real, serviceable, solid, sound, substantial, sufficient, useful, valid, valuable, worthy
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
deceitful
Synonyms:
deceptive, delusive, fraudulent, fallacious
Princeton's WordNet
deceitful, fallacious, fraudulentadjective
intended to deceive
"deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"
Synonyms:
double-tongued, fraudulent, two-faced, double-dealing, double-faced, ambidextrous, fallacious, duplicitous, unsoundambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tonguedadjective
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
Synonyms:
double-tongued, fraudulent, two-faced, double-dealing, double-faced, two-handed, ambidextrous, fallacious, duplicitous
Dictionary of English Synonymes
deceitfuladjective
Synonyms:
deceptive, delusive, illusive, illusory, fallacious
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
deceitfuladjective
Synonyms:
deceptive, illusive, insidious, fraudulent, wily, artful, disingenuous
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List of paraphrases for "deceitful":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2578 | null | |
#2964 | empty | |
#9013 | idle | |
#10226 | useless | |
#12256 | misleading | |
#12556 | trivial | |
#13230 | unreal | |
#15352 | fraudulent | |
#15690 | vain | |
#19590 | visionary | |
#20769 | worthless | |
#23246 | sly | |
#24641 | deceptive | |
#26975 | futile | |
#27285 | dishonest | |
#32026 | unimportant | |
#38689 | shadowy | |
#48116 | fruitless | |
#53805 | unsound | |
#55524 | deceitful | |
#55539 | unprofitable | |
#60134 | baseless | |
#61666 | ineffectual | |
#69037 | trifling | |
#72180 | abortive | |
#74880 | fallacious | |
#83587 | ambidextrous | |
#90731 | unsatisfying | |
#94014 | vapid | |
#109464 | unavailing | |
#118197 | duplicitous | |
#131299 | unserviceable | |
#146779 | inconstant | |
#203636 | delusive | |
#244598 | unsubstantial | |
#245515 | nugatory | |
#291737 | profitless |
How to use deceitful in a sentence?
No it was not clear. Was it deceitful? I don't know that.
Roman Catholic Church is Roman Catholic Church, playbook page 82. Roman Catholic Church is what they do -- they hide, they are deceitful in what they do. Roman Catholic Church is self-seeking, and they're going to spin every story.
Hope, deceitful as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
It is quite literally the most ridiculous theory I've ever heard, that telling the voters what Donald Trump's actual record is is deceitful and lying.
Even the word 'disguise' has been put out there, but it just sounds very intentional and deceitful, i just want to feel beautiful, and this is how I feel beautiful.
Translations for deceitful
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- измамен, измамнически, неверенBulgarian
- vilpillinenFinnish
- tricheur, trompeurFrench
- mealltach, meallta, breugachScottish Gaelic
- bugiardoItalian
- רמאותHebrew
- mendāxLatin
- trapaceiro, enganadorPortuguese
- обма́нчивый, лжи́выйRussian
- vilseledandeSwedish
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