deceitful

Etymology

deceit + -ful

adj

  1. Deliberately misleading or cheating.
    This world is all a fleeting show, / For man’s illusion given ; / The smiles of Joy, the tears of Woe, / Deceitful shine, deceitful flow — / There’s nothing true but Heaven ! a. 1826, Thomas Moore, “This World Is All a Fleeting Show”, in The Works of Thomas Moore, stanza 1, lines 1–5, page 471
  2. Deceptive, two-faced.

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