deceitful

English

Alternative forms

deceiptful (obsolete)
deceiptfull (obsolete)
deceitfull (archaic)

Etymology

deceit +‎ -ful

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈsiːtfʊl/, /-fl̩/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Adjective

deceitful (comparative more deceitful, superlative most deceitful)

Deliberately misleading or cheating.
- c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:
  All theſe are ſeruants to deceitfull men.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 27:6:
  Faithfull are the woundes of a friend : but the kiſſes of an enemy are deceitfull.
- a. 1826, Thomas Moore, “This World Is All a Fleeting Show”, in The Works of Thomas Moore, stanza 1, page 471, lines 1–5:
  This world is all a fleeting show, / For man’s illusion given ; / The smiles of Joy, the tears of Woe, / Deceitful shine, deceitful flow — / There’s nothing true but Heaven !
Deceptive, two-faced.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:deceptive

Translations

deliberately misleading or cheating

Bulgarian: измамен (bg) (izmamen), неверен (bg) (neveren)
Dutch: bedrieglijk (nl), vals (nl), misleidend (nl)
Finnish: vilpillinen (fi)
French: trompeur (fr) m, tricheur (fr) m
German: trügerisch (de)
Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍄𐍃 (liuts), 𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 (hindarweis)
Greek:
Ancient: δόλιος (dólios), ἀπατηλός (apatēlós)
Italian: bugiardo (it) m
Latin: mendāx (la), pellāx, perfidus
Maori: titipa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: villedende, svikefull (no)
Portuguese: enganador (pt) m, trapaceiro (pt) m
Russian: лжи́вый (ru) (lžívyj)
Scottish Gaelic: breugach, meallta, mealltach
Spanish: falso (es), deshonesto (es)
Swedish: bedräglig (sv), svekfull (sv), vilseledande (sv)

deceptive — see also deceptive

Bulgarian: измамнически (bg) (izmamničeski)
Finnish: petollinen (fi)
French: trompeur (fr) m
German: trügerisch (de)
Italian: bugiardo (it) m
Latin: fallax
Old English: ġēaplīċ
Russian: обма́нчивый (ru) (obmánčivyj)
Swedish: falsk (sv), vilseledande (sv)
Ukrainian: обма́нливий (obmánlyvyj)

Further reading

“deceitful”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
deceitful in Britannica Dictionary
deceitful in WordReference English Collocations

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