Synonyms for Deceitful
Definition of deceitful
- adjective
- intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"
- 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
7 synonyms found
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"Deceitful" in song lyrics
See how deceitful is used in real songs:
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"We see through the deceitful"
Bronze Nazareth f/ Hell Razah, Killah Priest — Millenium Warfare (Premix) -
"And speak through hate, power, spite and the deceitful"
Muphin — Eyes Wide Shut -
"Oscar Pistorius branded 'deceitful'"
BBC — BBC