Delusive

Synonyms for "delusive" (119 found)

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Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

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deceptive qualityfalse certaintyfalse impressionfalsehoodillusory qualityinauthenticity

More specific

8 entries
delusive argumentdelusive certificatedelusive credentialdelusive cuedelusive datadelusive inferencedelusive premisedelusive promise

Collocations

6 entries
delusive advertisingdelusive appearancedelusive argumentdelusive claimdelusive evidencedelusive hope

Inflections

2 entries
more delusivemost delusive

Derivations

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similar

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The poor thing was finally got off, with several delusive assurances that his absence should be short: that Mr. Edgar and Cathy would visit him, and other promises, equally ill-founded, which I invented and reiterated at intervals throughout the way.

Source: wiktionary

[I]t seemed calculated to suggest ideas she had no intention to suggest: ideas delusive and disturbing.

Source: wiktionary

I opened my eyes, I rubbed them, and found I was not asleep but thoroughly awake. Nevertheless, I felt my head and breast to satisfy myself whether it was I myself who was there or some empty delusive phantom; but touch, feeling, the collected thoughts that passed through my mind, all convinced me that I was the same then and there that I am this moment.

Source: wiktionary

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