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Meaning of word deceptive from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.
deceptive adjective
Meaning : Causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true.
Example :
Deceptive calm.
A delusory pleasure.
Synonyms : delusory
Meaning : Designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently.
Example :
The deceptive calm in the eye of the storm.
Deliberately deceptive packaging.
A misleading similarity.
Statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading.
Synonyms : misleading
