Deluding

verb

verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of delude form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "...the blaze on the hearth was flickering and faint, while the pale moonlight shone quietly into that room of disappointment and death, as it had a thousand times shone on its lonely and deluding pursuits."

Synonyms

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beguilingdeceivingdeceptivedelusivefallaciousfalse

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"There is no point in deluding yourself; you know well that she's just playing games with you."

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