[1331] deceptive

[보카길라잡이]

deceptive

adj 1: causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; "deceptive calm"; "a delusory pleasure" [syn: delusory]

2: tending 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" [syn: misleading]

  -  deceive

v 1: be false to; be dishonest with [syn: lead on, delude, cozen]

2: cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house" [syn: betray, lead astray] [ant: undeceive]

Synonyms:

deceive, betray, mislead, beguile, delude, dupe, hoodwink, bamboozle, double-cross
These verbs mean to lead another into error, danger, or a disadvantageous position by underhand means.

Deceive involves the deliberate misrepresentation of the truth: “We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know, because they have never deceived us” (Samuel Johnson).

Betray implies treachery: “When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself” (Isaac Bashevis Singer).

Mislead means to lead in the wrong direction or into error of thought or action: “My manhood, long misled by wandering fires,/Followed false lights” (John Dryden).

Beguile suggests deceiving by means of charm or allure: They beguiled unwary investors with tales of overnight fortunes.

To delude is to mislead the mind or judgment. The government deluded the public about the dangers of low-level radiation.

Dupe implies playing upon another's susceptibilities or naivet? The shoppers were duped by false advertising.

Hoodwink refers to deluding by trickery: It is difficult to hoodwink a smart lawyer.

Bamboozle means to delude by the use of such tactics as hoaxing or artful persuasion: “Perhaps if I wanted to be understood or to understand I would bamboozle myself into belief, but I am a reporter” (Graham Greene).

Double-cross implies the betrayal of a confidence or the willful breaking of a pledge: The thief double-crossed his accomplice.

  -  deceit

n 1: the quality of being fraudulent [syn: fraudulence]

2: a misleading falsehood [syn: misrepresentation, deception]

3: the act of deceiving [syn: deception, dissembling, dissimulation]

[마스터현태]

deceptive A. 속이는 현혹시키는.

[시가스팔공]

믿을 수 없는 , 속이는 deceptive

[보카공주]

deceptive 속이는 믿을수 없는