deceptive
adjective /dɪˈsep.tɪv/Definition
C2 making you believe something that is not true: It's deceptive - from the outside the building looks small, but inside it's quite big.Dishonest deceptively /-li/ adverb › The plan seemed deceptively simple (= it seemed simple but was not in fact).Dishonest deceptiveness /-nəs/ noun [U] Lies, lying and hypocrisyDishonest people
(Definition of deceptive adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- be rotten to the core idiom
- be up to no good idiom
- bent adjective (DISHONEST)
- cowboy noun (DISHONEST PERSON)
- crooked adjective (CRIMINAL)
- dodgy adjective (NOT HONEST)
- dubious adjective
- false adjective (NOT TRUE)
- finagle verb
- fishy adjective (DISHONEST)
- fly-by-night adjective
- improper adjective (DISHONEST)
- malfeasance noun
- mendacious adjective
- misleading adjective
- shabby adjective (NOT FAIR)
- sham adjective
- unscrupulous adjective
- unsporting adjective
- weasel out of sth phrasal verb
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