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Definition of deceitful
: having a tendency or disposition to deceive or give false impressions:a : not honest a deceitful child left her deceitful husbandb : deceptive, misleading deceitful advertising
deceitfulness
nounFrom the M-W Editors
Examples of deceitful in a Sentence
charged the store owner with such deceitful practices as inflating the list prices for items only so he could put them on sale at drastically reduced prices
the deceitful salesman neglected to mention some important information about the used car
Recent Examples of deceitful from the Web
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Comey’s testimony reveals Trump as a deceitful, ignorant, and incompetent bully.
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And a man’s slaying being exploited by a deceitful Fox News host explains how even if Roger Ailes is swag surfing in hell and Bill O’Reilly has been relegated to podcasting, that entire establishment remains rotten to its core.
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This suggests Financial Freedom was both ruthless toward borrowers and deceitful toward the FHA.
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One group recently claimed that the proposal would consider victims of rape and domestic violence as having a pre-existing condition, earning a full four Pinocchios from The Washington Post, the highest measurement in deceitful rhetoric.
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McKesson alleges Arkansas used deceitful tactics to buy a replacement batch when one of the drugs expired.
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Political rivals used Trump’s depositions and extensive documents filed in the lawsuits to portray him as dishonest and deceitful.
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The lessons of dealing with tyrants The Atlantic offers a sort-of primer on how journalists elsewhere deal with repressive, deceitful regimes.
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Her secret recording was deceitful and cowardly and has betrayed all of her fellow Rockettes.
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Origin and Etymology of deceitful
see deceit
Synonym Discussion of deceitful
DECEITFUL Defined for English Language Learners
deceitful
playDefinition of deceitful for English Language Learners
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: not honest : making or trying to make someone believe something that is not true
DECEITFUL Defined for Kids
deceitful
playDefinition of deceitful for Students
: not honest : full of deceit deceitful advertising
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