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deceitfuladjective marked by, based on, or done by the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of valuecharged the store owner with such deceitful practices as inflating the list prices for items only so he could put them on sale at drastically reduced prices crooked, defrauding, dishonest, double-dealing, false, fraudulent beguiling, deceiving, deceptive, deluding, delusive, delusory, duplicitous, fallacious, misleading, speciousspurious aboveboard, honest, truthful legitimate, true, valid tending or having power to deceivethe deceitful salesman neglected to mention some important information about the used car beguiling, deceiving, deceptive, deluding, delusive, delusory, fallacious, false, misleading, specious artful, crafty, cunning, devious, foxy, guileful, shady, shifty, slick, sly, sneaking, sneaky, subtile, subtle, trick, trickish, tricky, underhand, underhanded, wilyinaccurate, incorrect, wrongbewildering, confounding, distracting, perplexing, puzzlingambidextrous, crooked, defrauding, dishonest, dissembling, double-dealing, duplicitous, faithless, fast, fraudulent, knavish, lying, mendacious, untrustworthy, untruthfulbogus, counterfeit, fake, feigned, forged, jive(slang), phony(also phoney), sham, spuriousinsidious, perfidious, treacherousambiguous, circuitous, equivocal, evasiveartificial, backhanded, hypocritical, insincere, left-handed, two-faced aboveboard, forthright, nondeceptive, straightforward candid, direct, foursquare, frank, free-spoken, open, openhearted, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, straightclarifying, elucidative, explanatory, illuminatingrevealing, revelatoryhonest, trustworthy, truthful dishonest, deceitful, mendacious, untruthful mean unworthy of trust or belief.dishonest implies a willful perversion of truth in order to deceive, cheat, or defraud.a swindle usually involves two dishonest people deceitful usually implies an intent to mislead and commonly suggests a false appearance or double-dealing.the secret affairs of a deceitful spouse mendacious may suggest bland or even harmlessly mischievous deceit and when used of people often suggests a habit of telling untruths.mendacious tales of adventure untruthful stresses a discrepancy between what is said and fact or reality.an untruthful account of their actions in the 15th century |