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Meaning of 'deceptive' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Deceptive [ a.]
- Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance.

Meaning of 'deceptive' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . deceptive [ s]
Meaning (1):
- causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true
Example in sentence:
  • a delusory pleasure;
  • deceptive calm
Meaning (2):
- designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
Example in sentence:
  • a misleading similarity;
  • deliberately deceptive packaging;
  • statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading;
  • the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm

Nearby Words:

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