deceitful
/dɪˈsiːtfʊl/
deceitful adjective: deliberately misleading or cheating.
Adjective
deceitful (comparative more deceitful, superlative most deceitful)
- Deliberately misleading or cheating.
- All theſe are ſeruants to deceitfull men.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...
- Faithfull are the woundes of a friend : but the kiſſes of an enemy are deceitfull.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 27:6
- Deceptive, two-faced.
deceitful meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
deceitful in Hindi
- deliberately misleading or cheating
- ढोंगी ḍhoṅgī
- deceptive — see also deceptive
- ढोंगी ḍhoṅgī
deceitful in Tamil
- ஏமாற்றும், வஞ்சிக்கும்
deceitful in Marathi
- deceitful, treacherous
- धोकेबाज dhokebāj
- deceitful, fraudful, hollow
- मायावी māyāvī
deceitful in Urdu
- deceitful, fraud, treacherous
- دغا باز dağā-bāz
More languagesFewer languages
- deceitful in Bengali
- প্রবঞ্চনামূলক prôbôñcônamulôk
- deceitful in Telugu
- టకటంకు ṭakaṭaṅku
- deceitful in Malayalam
- വഞ്ചകമായ, കുടിലമായ, തെറ്റിക്കുന്ന, ആത്മാർത്ഥതയില്ലാത്ത
- deceitful in Kannada
- ಮೋಸಗಾರಿಕೆಯ, ಕಪಟದ, ವಂಚನೆಯ, ಸಂಚಿನ
- deceitful in Gujarati
- કપટી
- deceitful in Sanskrit
- रिपु ripú, द्रोघ drógha, छद्मन् chádman
- deceitful in Sinhala
- කුහක kuhaka
Forms of deceitful
| comparative | more deceitful |
|---|---|
| superlative | most deceitful |
| alternative form (obsolete) | deceiptful |
| alternative form (obsolete) | deceiptfull |
| alternative form (obsolete) | deceitfull |
Origin of deceitful
From deceit + -ful.
Words formed from deceitful
Questions about deceitful
- What does deceitful mean?
- Deceitful means deliberately misleading or cheating.
- What is deceitful in Hindi?
- Deceitful in Hindi is ढोंगी (ḍhoṅgī). See Deceitful meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is deceitful?
- Deceitful is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce deceitful?
- Deceitful is pronounced /dɪˈsiːtfʊl/ (UK).
Words near deceitful in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: deceitful (page history and authors); deceitful (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); धोकेबाज (Marathi) (page history and authors); دغا باز (Urdu) (page history and authors); প্রবঞ্চনামূলক (Bengali) (page history and authors); టకటంకు (Telugu) (page history and authors); deceitful (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deceitful (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deceitful (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); छद्मन् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); කුහක (Sinhala) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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