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All deceiving synonyms

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adjective deceiving

  • misleading — deceptive; tending to mislead.
  • lying — the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
  • cheating — an instance of rule-breaking
  • devious — If you describe someone as devious you do not like them because you think they are dishonest and like to keep things secret, often in a complicated way.
  • deceptive — If something is deceptive, it encourages you to believe something which is not true.
  • unreliable — not reliable; not to be relied or depended on.
  • dishonest — not honest; disposed to lie, cheat, or steal; not worthy of trust or belief: a dishonest person.
  • illusory — causing illusion; deceptive; misleading.
  • fraudulent — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
  • fallacious — containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
  • faithless — not adhering to allegiance, promises, vows, or duty: the faithless behavior of Benedict Arnold.
  • specious — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
  • cunning — Someone who is cunning has the ability to achieve things in a clever way, often by deceiving other people.
  • plausible — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
  • glib — readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so: a glib talker; glib answers.
  • false — not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement.
  • insincere — not sincere; not honest in the expression of actual feeling; hypocritical.
  • untrustworthy — deserving of trust or confidence; dependable; reliable: The treasurer was not entirely trustworthy.

noun deceiving

  • meanness — the state or quality of being mean.
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