Delusive

Synonyms for "delusive" (109 found)

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Related word relations

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derived

3 entries

derived from

1 entries

related to

2 entries

similar

2 entries

Translations

8 translations across 6 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • измамен adj (inappropriate to reality)
  • илюзорен adj (inappropriate to reality)

Finnish

2 entries
  • harhaanjohtava adj (inappropriate to reality)
  • petollinen adj (inappropriate to reality)

Hindi

1 entries
  • भ्रामक adj (inappropriate to reality)

Romanian

1 entries
  • deluzoriu adj (inappropriate to reality)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • mealltach adj (inappropriate to reality)

Spanish

1 entries
  • delusivo adj (inappropriate to reality)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

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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