deceitful
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /dɪˈsiːtfʊl/, /-fl̩/
deceitful
- Deliberately misleading or cheating.
- circa 1590 William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, [Act II, scene vii]:
- All theſe are ſeruants to deceitfull men.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Proverbs 27:6 ↗:
- Faithfull are the woundes of a friend : but the kiſſes of an enemy are deceitfull.
- circa 1590 William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, [Act II, scene vii]:
- deceptive, two-faced
- See also Thesaurus:deceptive
- French: trompeur, tricheur
- Italian: bugiardo
- Portuguese: enganador, trapaceiro
- Russian: лжи́вый
- Spanish: falso, deshonesto
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