GAMMONING Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

gammoning

verb

present participle of gammon

as in deceiving

to cause to believe what is untrue good-hearted contributors have been gammoned into believing that most of the charity's funds go to the needy and not into the pockets of the administrators

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The first rule of thumb—and a solid piece of advice to live by—is that looks can be deceiving.

— Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 1 Nov. 2026
But looks are deceiving in this case – just like the 3X Plus and 3X before it, the trailer stretches out via three individual telescopic segments that emerge at the push of a button.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of deceiving

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His Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Jessep isn’t fooling anyone with the calculated nonchalance and the propensity for quoting Melville and Shakespeare.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
Scammers had been fooling Apple by returning iPhone boxes with the original accessories, internal components, or even the phone itself swapped out.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of fooling

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In 2020, a group of political operatives working closely with Florida Power and Light sought to derail Rodríguez’s re-election campaign for the Senate by tricking voters into voting for an independent candidate with the same last name.

— Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
The top-performing red teamer on the original Arena was a lawyer from Melbourne who just happened to be good at tricking models into jumping their guardrails.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of tricking

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