deceptive

See also: déceptive

English

Etymology

From Middle French déceptif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪ.ˈsɛp.tɪv/

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Adjective

deceptive (comparative more deceptive, superlative most deceptive)

1. Misleading, likely or attempting to deceive.

   deceptive advertising

   deceptive practices

   • Trench

     language altogether deceptive, and hiding the deeper reality from our eyes

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:deceptive

Derived terms

• deceptive advertising
• deceptive cadence
• deceptive cognate

Related terms

→

• deceit
• deceive

• deception
• deceptively

Translations

misleading, attempting to deceive

• Asturian: engañosu, engañador
• Bulgarian: измамен (bg) (izmamen), заблуждаващ (bg) (zabluždavašt)
• Catalan: enganyós, decebedor, deceptiu
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 迷惑的 (zh) (míhuò de)

• Czech: klamný, zavádějící, ošidný, matoucí, falešný (cs) m, podvodný m
• Dutch: bedrieglijk (nl), onoprecht (nl), misleidend (nl)
• Finnish: petollinen (fi)
• French: trompeur (fr), qui induit en erreur, illusoire (fr), mensonger (fr) (note: décevant is a false friend meaning disappointing)
• Galician: enganoso
• German: betrügerisch, irreführend (de), trügerisch (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀπατηλός (apatēlós)

• Hungarian: megtévesztő (hu)
• Irish: fabhtach
• Italian: ingannevole (it)
• Japanese: 欺瞞的 (ぎまんてき, gimanteki)
• Latin: fallax, fallens
• Portuguese: enganoso (pt), enganador (pt) m
• Russian: обма́нчивый (ru) (obmánčivyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: mealltach, carach, cealgach
• Spanish: engañoso (es), engañador
• Swedish: missledande, missvisande (sv)