Definitions for: Deceptive


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



Webster (1913) Definition: De*cep"tive, a. [Cf. F. d['e]ceptif. See Deceive.]
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.

Synonyms: delusory, dishonest, dishonorable, misleading, unreal

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