Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere.
- 2adjective
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"
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- 3adjective
intended to deceive - S.T.Coleridge
"deceitful advertising"
"fallacious testimony"
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