deceitful

deceitful is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 18 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere.
2. adjective. marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another- Israel Zangwill- W.M.Thackeray

   "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"

   "a double-dealing double agent"

   Synonyms: ambidextrous, duplicitous

3. adjective. intended to deceive - S.T.Coleridge

   "deceitful advertising"

   "fallacious testimony"

   Synonyms: fallacious, fraudulent

Synonyms

ambidextrous, duplicitous, fallacious, fraudulent

Common word forms

deceitfully, deceitfulness

Words from these letters

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