Associations to the word «Deceptive»

Wiktionary

DECEPTIVE, adjective. Misleading, likely or attempting to deceive.
DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING, noun. An exaggerated advertising that is attempting to deceive
DECEPTIVE CADENCE, noun. (music) a falling cadence in which the ear expects the a dominant chord to resolve to the tonic, but resolves to something else (usually a submediant chord) instead.
DECEPTIVE CADENCES, noun. Plural of deceptive cadence

Dictionary definition

DECEPTIVE, adjective. Causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; "deceptive calm"; "a delusory pleasure".
DECEPTIVE, adjective. Designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"; "shoddy business practices".

Wise words

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Lao Tzu