adj ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Deliberately misleading or cheating.

   "All theſe are ſeruants to deceitfull men."

2. 2
   Deceptive, two-faced.

Adjective

1. 1
   marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another wordnet
2. 2
   involving deception wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

fraudulentacuteambidextrousambidextrousarchartful

Antonyms

All antonyms

honestundeceitful

Example

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"Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised."

Etymology

From deceit + -ful.

Related phrases

two faced

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