Associations to the word «Deceitful»
Noun
- Slang
- Favour
- Serpent
- Temper
- Truth
- Prejudice
- Wrath
- Zeus
- Gambling
- Behaviour
- Friendship
- Soul
- Lover
- Demon
- Fortune
- Alteration
- Revenge
- Villain
- Sin
- Nature
- Lie
- Fool
- Devil
- Intention
- Disposition
- Dye
- Confidence
- Him
- Theft
- Tactic
- Dream
- Passion
- Agony
- Brow
- Fury
- Shame
- Enemy
- Pleasure
- Thief
- Trust
- Jews
- Wisdom
- Self
- Mistress
- Prosperity
- Drift
- Manner
- Thing
- Christ
- Necessity
- Pride
- Covenant
- Lip
- Ruin
- Desire
- God
- Character
- Fox
- Smile
- Speech
- Witch
- Judgment
- Spirit
- Person
- Word
- Corruption
- Clause
Adjective
Wiktionary
DECEITFUL, adjective. Deliberately misleading or cheating
DECEITFUL, adjective. Deceptive in multiple ways, twifaced
Dictionary definition
DECEITFUL, adjective. Intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes".
DECEITFUL, adjective. Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.