- 1. a. Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance. Source: opted
- 2. adj. causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true Source: wordnet
- 3. adj. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently Source: wordnet
- 4. Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance. Language altogether deceptive, and hiding the deeper reality from our eyes. Trench. Deceptive cadence (Mus.), a cadence on the subdominant, or in some foreign key, postponing the final close. Source: webster
- 5. Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress withfalse opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance.Language altogether deceptive, and hiding the deeper reality from oureyes. Trench.Deceptive cadence (Mus.), a cadence on the subdominant, or in someforeign key, postponing the final close. Source: adambom
- 6. j:100 s. causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true s. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently Source: ecdict
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