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. Robert Green Ingersoll:

   Hope, deceitful as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.

2. Rachel Dolezal:

   Even the word 'disguise' has been put out there, but it just sounds very intentional and deceitful, i just want to feel beautiful, and this is how I feel beautiful.

3. Melinda Pierce:

   This false conspiracy theory, invented by the same deceitful front groups paid to do polluters' and big tobacco’s dirty work, has been repeatedly debunked over its nearly 10-year existence, the Sierra Club has no connections to Russia or China, and proudly fights for clean energy and climate action because this is what our planet requires, our families deserve, and what the overwhelming majority of Americans across the country demand.

4. The Cruz campaign:

   This person, we don’t know who that is, but they Photoshopped Marco’s face onto somebody else. This is how phony and how deceitful the Senator Ted Cruz campaign has become.

5. Book of Proverbs:

   Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

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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
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=deceitful