Deceptive — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true

designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dɪshˈɛlm/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪsˈɛptɪv/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪsˈɛptɪv/

3 syllables Say it as /dɪshˈɛlm/.

Examples

deceptive calm
a delusory pleasure
the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

misleading shoddy delusory

Parts of Speech

adjective	causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true “deceptive calm”
adjective	designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently “the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm”

Word Forms

deceive	verb	be false to; be dishonest with
deceptiveness	noun	the quality of being deceptive
delude	verb	be false to; be dishonest with

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

trügerisch

jemanden dazu bringen, zu glauben, was nicht wahr ist, oder nicht zu glauben, was wahr ist

🇫🇷French

trompeur

amener quelqu'un à croire ce qui n'est pas vrai ou à ne pas croire ce qui est vrai

🇪🇸Spanish

engañoso

hacer que uno crea lo que no es verdad o no crea lo que es verdad

🇮🇹Italian

ingannevole

inducendo a credere a ciò che non è vero o a non credere a ciò che è vero

🇳🇱Dutch

bedrieglijk

waardoor iemand gelooft wat niet waar is, of niet gelooft wat waar is

🇵🇹Portuguese

enganoso

fazendo com que alguém acredite no que não é verdade ou deixe de acreditar no que é verdade

🇷🇺Russian

обманчивый

заставляя человека верить в то, что неправда, или не верить в то, что правда

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कपटी

किसी को उस पर विश्वास करने के लिए प्रेरित करना जो सत्य नहीं है या जो सत्य है उस पर विश्वास करने में विफल होना

🇧🇩Bengali

প্রতারণামূলক

যা সত্য নয় তা বিশ্বাস করতে বা যা সত্য তা বিশ্বাস করতে ব্যর্থ হওয়া

🇮🇳Tamil

ஏமாற்றும்

ஒருவரை உண்மையல்லாததை நம்ப வைக்கிறது அல்லது உண்மையென்று நம்பத் தவறுகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

మోసపూరితమైన

ఒక వ్యక్తి నిజం కానిదాన్ని నమ్మేలా చేస్తుంది లేదా నిజాన్ని నమ్మడంలో విఫలమవుతుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

भ्रामक

एखाद्याला जे सत्य नाही त्यावर विश्वास ठेवण्यास प्रवृत्त करणे किंवा जे सत्य आहे त्यावर विश्वास ठेवण्यास अपयशी ठरणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

ભ્રામક

જે સાચું નથી તે માને છે અથવા જે સાચું છે તે માનવામાં નિષ્ફળ જાય છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮೋಸಗೊಳಿಸುವ

ಒಬ್ಬನು ನಿಜವಲ್ಲದ್ದನ್ನು ನಂಬುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತದೆ ಅಥವಾ ಸತ್ಯವನ್ನು ನಂಬಲು ವಿಫಲನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വഞ്ചനാപരമായ

സത്യമല്ലാത്തത് വിശ്വസിക്കാൻ ഒരാളെ പ്രേരിപ്പിക്കുന്നു അല്ലെങ്കിൽ സത്യമായത് വിശ്വസിക്കുന്നതിൽ പരാജയപ്പെടുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਧੋਖੇਬਾਜ਼

ਕਿਸੇ ਨੂੰ ਵਿਸ਼ਵਾਸ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਕਾਰਨ ਬਣਨਾ ਕਿ ਕੀ ਸੱਚ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ ਜਾਂ ਜੋ ਸੱਚ ਹੈ ਉਸ 'ਤੇ ਵਿਸ਼ਵਾਸ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਸਫਲ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

فریب دینے والا

کسی کو اس بات پر یقین کرنے کا سبب بنتا ہے جو سچ نہیں ہے یا جو سچ ہے اس پر یقین کرنے میں ناکام رہتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

欺骗性的

导致人们相信不真实的事情或不相信真实的事情

🇯🇵Japanese

欺瞞的な

真実ではないことを信じさせたり、真実を信じられないようにしたりする

🇰🇷Korean

속이는

사실이 아닌 것을 믿게 만들거나 사실을 믿지 못하게 만듭니다.

🇻🇳Vietnamese

lừa dối

khiến một người tin vào điều không đúng hoặc không tin vào điều gì là đúng

🇹🇭Thai

หลอกลวง

ทำให้เชื่อสิ่งที่ไม่จริงหรือไม่เชื่อสิ่งที่จริง

🇮🇩Indonesian

menipu

menyebabkan seseorang mempercayai apa yang tidak benar atau gagal mempercayai apa yang benar

🇵🇭Filipino

mapanlinlang

nagiging sanhi ng isang tao na maniwala sa kung ano ang hindi totoo o hindi maniwala kung ano ang totoo

🇲🇾Malay

menipu

menyebabkan seseorang itu mempercayai perkara yang tidak benar atau gagal mempercayai perkara yang benar

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

خادعة

مما يجعل المرء يعتقد ما هو غير صحيح أو لا يصدق ما هو صحيح

🇮🇷Persian

فریبنده

باعث می‌شود فرد چیزی را باور کند که درست نیست یا چیزی را که درست است باور نکند

🇹🇷Turkish

aldatıcı

Birinin doğru olmayana inanmasına veya doğru olana inanmamasına neden olmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

מתעתע

גורם לאדם להאמין במה שאינו נכון או להיכשל להאמין במה שנכון

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The primary meaning of 'deceptive' is 'causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true'.

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