Associations to the word «Deceitful»

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

A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.
Robert Burton