DECEITFUL

• (adj.) marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another

  "she was a deceitful scheming little thing", "a double-dealing double agent", "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"

  synonyms : ambidextrous , double-dealing , double-faced , double-tongued , duplicitous , janus-faced , two-faced

• (adj.) intended to deceive

  "deceitful advertising", "fallacious testimony", "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice", "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"

  synonyms : fallacious , fraudulent

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