Deceptive Definition & Meaning
deceptive
- adjective
- causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; "deceptive calm"; "a delusory pleasure"
- designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"; "shoddy business practices"
"Deceptive" in song lyrics
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"very deceptive"
Dead Prez — Sellin D.O.P.E. -
"It was politics and camera tricks very deceptive"
Dead Prez — Sellin' D.O.P.E. -
"My man girl told totally deceptive"
Jermaine Dupri f/ Slick Rick — Fresh
Words that rhyme with deceptive
Usage tips for "deceptive"
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- What does deceptive mean?
- causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; "deceptive calm"; "a delusory pleasure" designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"; "shoddy business practices"
- What part of speech is deceptive?
- Deceptive is an adjective.
- How many definitions does deceptive have?
- Deceptive has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).