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deceiving
adjective as in deceitful
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adjective as in deceptive
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adjective as in delusive
adjective as in delusory
adjective as in dishonest
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adjective as in fallacious
adjective as in false
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adjective as in false
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- apostate
- base
- beguiling
- canting
- corrupt
- crooked
- deluding
- delusive
- devious
- dishonorable
- disloyal
- double-dealing
- duplicitous
- faithless
- falsehearted
- forsworn
- foul
- lying
- malevolent
- mean
- mythomaniac
- perfidious
- perjured
- rascally
- recreant
- renegade
- scoundrelly
- traitorous
- treacherous
- treasonable
- two-faced
- underhanded
- unfaithful
- unscrupulous
- untrustworthy
- venal
- villainous
- wicked
adjective as in misleading
adjective as in roguish
adjective as in sanctimonious
adjective as in sophistic
adjective as in two-faced
adjective as in untruthful
noun as in cheating
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noun as in meanness
Example Sentences
Lying is deceiving people about the state of the world, and Trump routinely does that too.
Bulls***ting is deceiving people about one’s motives — using true or false claims indiscriminately — and is a more accurate description of his routine behavior.
Looks, however, can be deceiving.
Gen. Rob Bonta filed a first-of-a-kind lawsuit against Exxon Mobil, accusing the oil giant of deceiving the public about plastic recycling.
Further changes could come from the Federal Trade Commission, which issues the Green Guides — national guidelines on how companies can advertise environmentally friendly products without deceiving the public.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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