Definitions for Deceitful
dɪˈsit fəlde·ceit·ful

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. deceitful, fallacious, fraudulentadjective

   intended to deceive

   "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"

2. ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tonguedadjective

   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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. deceitfuladjective

   deliberately misleading or cheating

2. deceitfuladjective

   deceptive in multiple ways

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Deceitfuladjective

   Fraudulent; full of deceit.

   Etymology: deceit and full.

   I grant him bloody,
   Luxurious, avaricious, false, deceitful,
   Sudden, malicious, smacking of ev’ry sin
   That has a name. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   The lovely young Lavinia once had friends,
   And fortune smil’d, deceitful, on her birth. James Thomson, Autumn.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. deceitful

   Deception or falsehood is an act or statement that misleads, hides the truth, or promotes a belief, concept, or idea that is not true. It is often done for personal gain or advantage. Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda and sleight of hand as well as distraction, camouflage or concealment. There is also self-deception, as in bad faith. It can also be called, with varying subjective implications, beguilement, deceit, bluff, mystification, ruse, or subterfuge. Deception is a major relational transgression that often leads to feelings of betrayal and distrust between relational partners. Deception violates relational rules and is considered to be a negative violation of expectations. Most people expect friends, relational partners, and even strangers to be truthful most of the time. If people expected most conversations to be untruthful, talking and communicating with others would require distraction and misdirection to acquire reliable information. A significant amount of deception occurs between some romantic and relational partners.Deceit and dishonesty can also form grounds for civil litigation in tort, or contract law (where it is known as misrepresentation or fraudulent misrepresentation if deliberate), or give rise to criminal prosecution for fraud. It also forms a vital part of psychological warfare in denial and deception.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. deceitful

   Deceitful refers to the act or behavior of being dishonest, untruthful, fraudulent, or misleading, often with the intent to trick or manipulate someone. It can pertain to individuals, actions or statements that deliberately hide the truth or create a false sense of reality.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Deceitfuladjective

   full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Deceitful in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Deceitful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Deceitful in a Sentence

1. Yvonne Padmos:

   Amidst the deceitful clouds of lies and cries, let us seek out genuine smiles in the sky. For in the company of those who are true, we find solace, peace, and a love that's pure and new.”

2. Madame de Lambert:

   The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us when possessing them and they make us despair in losing them.

3. Pope Francis:

   Roman Catholic Church is Roman Catholic Church, playbook page 82. Roman Catholic Church is what they do -- they hide, they are deceitful in what they do. Roman Catholic Church is self-seeking, and they're going to spin every story.

4. Francis Quarles:

   Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself. If thou find anything questionable there, use the commentary of a severe friend rather than the gloss of a sweet lipped flatterer; there is more profit in a distasteful truth than in deceitful sweetness.

5. Todd Harris:

   They photoshopped Marco's face onto somebody else, this is how phony and deceitful the Cruz campaign has become.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Deceitful
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Deceitful
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Deceitful
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deceitful
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Deceitful