deceiver

English

Etymology

deceive +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪˈsiːvə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪˈsivɚ/

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• Rhymes: -iːvə(ɹ)

Noun

deceiver (plural deceivers)

1. A person who lies or deceives.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:deceiver

   • 1983, Matt Johnson (lyrics and music), “The Sinking Feeling”, in Soul Mining, performed by The The:

     My memory my fond deceiver / Is turning all my past into pain / While I'm being raped by progress / Tomorrow's world is here to stay

2. (usually preceded by "the") Another name for Satan.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Satan

Translations

person who lies or deceives

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 欺詐者 (zh), 欺诈者 (zh) (qīzhàzhě)

• French: trompeur (fr), trompeuse (fr) f
• German: Betrüger (de) m, Betrügerin (de) f
• Hebrew: רמאי‎ (rammai)
• Hindi: धोखा देनेवाला m (dhokhā denevālā), धोखेबाज़ m (dhokhebāz), छली (hi) m (chalī)
• Indonesian: penipu (id), pendusta (id)

• Irish: cealgaire m
• Italian: ingannatore (it) m, ingannatrice (it) f
• Japanese: 詐欺師 (ja) (さぎし, sagishi)
• Portuguese: enganador (pt) m, enganadora f
• Russian: обма́нщик (ru) m (obmánščik), обма́нщица (ru) f (obmánščica)
• Spanish: embustero (es) m, embaucador (es) m, impostor (es) m, mentiroso (es) m, trapacero m
• Ukrainian: дури́світ (uk) m (durýsvit), ошука́ч m (ošukáč), ошука́нець m (ošukánecʹ), бма́нник m (bmánnyk), дури́людок m (durýljudok), дури́люд (durýljud)
• Westrobothnian: slirus m

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