deceitfulness
UK/dɪˈsiːtfəlnəs/
deceitfulness noun: the state or quality of being deceitful; duplicity.
Noun
deceitfulness (usually uncountable, plural deceitfulnesses)
- The state or quality of being deceitful; duplicity.
- O full off all sutelte and disseytfulnes the chylde off the devyll, and the enemye of all righteousnes thou ceasest not to pervert the strayght wayes off the lorde.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts
- 'This is the hend, is it, of all my bearing with her deceitfulness, her lowness, her falseness, her laying herself out to catch the admiration of vulgar minds . . .'1839, Charles Dickens, chapter 42, in Nicholas Nickleby
- Synonyms:
- fraudulence, trickery, underhandedness, deceit, deceptiveness, dissimulation, duplicity, fraudulency, perfidy
deceitfulness meaning in Tamil and Punjabi
deceitfulness in Tamil
- வஞ்சத்தன்மை, குய்யம், கவுத்துவம், வினை, கள்ளங்கபடம், வஞ்சபாவம்
deceitfulness in Punjabi
- deceitfulness, dishonesty
- ਬਦਨੀਤ badnīt
Synonyms of deceitfulness
Forms of deceitfulness
| plural | deceitfulnesses |
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Origin of deceitfulness
From deceitful + -ness.
Questions about deceitfulness
- What does deceitfulness mean?
- Deceitfulness means the state or quality of being deceitful; duplicity.
- What is deceitfulness in Tamil?
- Deceitfulness in Tamil is வஞ்சத்தன்மை, குய்யம், கவுத்துவம். See Deceitfulness meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is deceitfulness?
- Deceitfulness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce deceitfulness?
- Deceitfulness is pronounced /dɪˈsiːtfəlnəs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of deceitfulness?
- The plural of deceitfulness is deceitfulnesses.
Words near deceitfulness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: deceitfulness (page history and authors); deceitfulness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਬਦਨੀਤ (Punjabi) (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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