deceitful
IPA: dʌsˈitfʌɫ
adjective
- Deliberately misleading or cheating.
- Deceptive, two-faced.
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Examples of "deceitful" in Sentences
- The deceitful act enraged the townsmen.
- I believe he was conniving and deceitful.
- I'm not saying the IP is being deceitful.
- The result is a deceitful and manipulative article.
- "If you call her deceitful, what are you?" he sputtered.
- It was fundamentally destructive, unethical and deceitful.
- He, as the villain, is deceitful, treacherous and scheming.
- And then it was that we told the "innocent child" (that's what we call the deceitful cat) everything.
- For CBS to run an ad during a family event from an organization so hateful and deceitful is shameful.
- The counselor to the president's accusing the network of what it calls deceitful editing, twisting the president's words.
- And while it's hard to hear yourself called deceitful and manipulative, I remember Ben Franklin's admonition that our critics are our friends, for they do show us our faults.
- Amazingly the train halted along the dark countryside, from time to time indulging in short, deceitful movements backward or forward, and whistling harsh paeans into the high October night.
- I must weave a veil of dazzling falsehood to hide my grief from vulgar eyes, smoothe my brow, and paint my lips in deceitful smiles -- even in solitude I dare not think how lost I am, lest I become insane and rave.