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deceitful
(encz) | deceitful,podvodný |
Deceitful
(gcide) | Deceitful \De*ceit"ful\, a.
Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or
insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere.
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Harboring foul deceitful thoughts. --Shak.
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deceitful
(wn) | deceitful
adj 1: intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious
testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice"
- S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying
taxes" [syn: deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent]
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 [syn:
ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous,
Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
deceitful
(encz) | deceitful,podvodný |
deceitfully
(encz) | deceitfully, |
deceitfulness
(encz) | deceitfulness,lstivost n: Zdeněk Broždeceitfulness,podvodnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Deceitfully
(gcide) | Deceitfully \De*ceit"ful*ly\, adv.
With intent to deceive.
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Deceitfulness
(gcide) | Deceitfulness \De*ceit"ful*ness\, n.
1. The disposition to deceive; as, a man's deceitfulness may
be habitual.
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2. The quality of being deceitful; as, the deceitfulness of a
man's practices.
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3. Tendency to mislead or deceive. "The deceitfulness of
riches." --Matt. xiii. 22.
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deceitful
(wn) | deceitful
adj 1: intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious
testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice"
- S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying
taxes" [syn: deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent]
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 [syn:
ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous,
Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued] |
deceitfully
(wn) | deceitfully
adv 1: in a corrupt and deceitful manner; "he acted dishonestly
when he gave the contract to his best friend" [syn:
dishonestly, venally, deceitfully] [ant:
aboveboard, honestly] |
deceitfulness
(wn) | deceitfulness
n 1: the quality of being crafty [syn: craftiness,
deceitfulness, guile] |
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