deceitful
de·ceit·ful
adjective
1.
- “deceitful advertising”
- “fallacious testimony”
- “smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice” S.T.Coleridge
- “a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes”
2.
marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
- “she was a deceitful scheming little thing” Israel Zangwill
- “a double-dealing double agent”
- “a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer” W.M.Thackeray
Origin
From deceit + -ful.
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