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Synonyms & Antonyms of deluding
(Entry 1 of 2)
tending or having power to deceive
- the deluding appearance of the surface of the river, which is actually quite fast-moving
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Words Related to deluding
- artful,
- crafty,
- cunning,
- devious,
- foxy,
- guileful,
- shady,
- shifty,
- slick,
- sly,
- sneaking,
- sneaky,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- trick,
- trickish,
- tricky,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- wily
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deluding
verb
present participle of delude
Synonyms & Antonyms of deluding (Entry 2 of 2)
to cause to believe what is untrue
- we deluded ourselves into thinking that the ice cream wouldn't affect our diet
Synonyms for deluding
- bamboozling,
- beguiling,
- bluffing,
- buffaloing,
- burning,
- catching,
- conning,
- cozening,
- deceiving,
- duping,
- faking out,
- fooling,
- gaffing,
- gammoning,
- gulling,
- having,
- having on
- [chiefly British],
- hoaxing,
- hoodwinking,
- hornswoggling,
- humbugging,
- juggling,
- misguiding,
- misinforming,
- misleading,
- snookering,
- snowing,
- spoofing,
- stringing along,
- suckering,
- sucking in,
- taking in,
- tricking
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