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duplicitous

UK/djʊˈplɪsɪtəs//duːˈplɪsətəs/

duplicitous adjective: given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.

Adjective

duplicitous (comparative more duplicitous, superlative most duplicitous)

  1. Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.
    • It reunites the horribly duplicitous skag-addicted non-heroes of the first movie about twentysomethings trying to get off heroin in Edinburgh, and finding that they have nothing very much to put in its place.2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in The Guardian
    • Russia played on those feelings by attacking the French president, Emmanuel Macron[…], saying Moscow still remembered the fate of Napoleon Bonaparte and accusing the French president of duplicitous diplomacy with the Kremlin.2023 February 19, Patrick Wintour, “Ukraine war ‘over’ unless EU boosts military support, says top diplomat”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    Antonyms:
    unduplicitous

duplicitous meaning in Tamil and Urdu

duplicitous in Tamil

ஏமாற்று வேலை, நகல்

duplicitous in Urdu

جھوٹا, نامخلص, اوپری

Synonyms of duplicitous

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of duplicitous

Forms of duplicitous

comparativemore duplicitous
superlativemost duplicitous

Origin of duplicitous

From duplicity + -ous.

Words formed from duplicitous

Questions about duplicitous

What does duplicitous mean?
Duplicitous means given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.
What is duplicitous in Tamil?
Duplicitous in Tamil is ஏமாற்று வேலை, நகல். See Duplicitous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is duplicitous?
Duplicitous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce duplicitous?
Duplicitous is pronounced /djʊˈplɪsɪtəs/ (UK).

Words near duplicitous in the dictionary

  1. duplicit
  2. duplicitas anterior
  3. duplicitas posterior
  4. duplicities
  5. duplicitness
  6. duplicitous
  7. duplicitously
  8. duplicitousness
  9. duplicity
  10. duplicon
  11. duplicone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: duplicitous (page history and authors); duplicitous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); duplicitous (Urdu Wiktionary) (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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