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

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy