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1. (adj.) deceptive
likely to deceive; capable of deception.
2. deceptive
perceptually misleading.
Etymology: (1605–15; < ML)
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1. (adj) deceptive, delusory
causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true
"deceptive calm"; "a delusory pleasure"
2. (adj) deceptive, misleading, shoddy
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"
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1. (adjective) deceptive
making you believe sth that is untrue; = misleading
deceptive advertising; Was he being deliberately deceptive?; a deceptively quiet town
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1. (adj) deceptive
tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance
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Sense: deceiving; misleading
Appearances may be deceptive.
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 Afrikaans: bedrieglik, misleidend |
 Arabic: خادِع، مُضَلِّل |
 Bulgarian: измамен |
 Brazilian: enganador |
 Czech: podvodný, klamný |
 German: täuschend |
 Danish: bedragerisk |
 Greek: παραπλανητικός |
 Spanish: engañoso |
 Estonian: petlik |
 Farsi: فریبنده؛ گول زننده |
 Finnish: pettävä |
 French: trompeur |
 Hebrew: מַטעֵה |
 Hindi: कपटपूर्ण |
 Croatian: varljiv, varav |
 Hungarian: megtévesztő |
 Indonesian: mengecoh |
 Icelandic: blekkjandi |
 Italian: ingannevole |
 Japanese: あざむくような |
 Korean: 속이는 |
 Lithuanian: apgaulingas |
 Latvian: maldinošs |
 Malay: mengaburi |
 Dutch: misleidend |
 Norwegian: bedragersk, villedende |
 Polish: oszukańczy |
 Persian: فریبنده؛ گول زننده |
 Pashto: تګی کول |
 Portuguese: enganador |
 Romanian: înşelător |
 Russian: обманчивый |
 Slovak: klamlivý |
 Slovenian: varljiv |
 Serbian: varljiv |
 Swedish: bedräglig, vilseledande |
 Thai: ซึ่งหลอกลวง |
 Turkish: aldatıcı |
 Taiwanese: 騙人的 |
 Ukrainian: обманливий |
 Urdu: گمراہ کن |
 Vietnamese: lừa dối |
 Chinese: 骗人的 |
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