deceptive
pronunciation
How to pronounce deceptive in British English:
UK [dɪˈseptɪv]
How to pronounce deceptive in American English:
US [dɪˈseptɪv]
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- Adjective:
- causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true
- tending to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
Word Origin
- deceptive (adj.)
- 1610s, from French deceptif (late 14c.), from Medieval Latin deceptivus, from decept-, past participle stem of Latin decipere (see deceive). Earlier in this sense was deceptious (c. 1600), from French deceptieux, from Medieval Latin deceptiosus, from deceptionem. Related: Deceptively; deceptiveness.
Example
- 1. His conversational style can also be rather deceptive .
- 2. Yet these reassuring numbers are deceptive .
- 3. The goal is to identify deliberately deceptive tweets , and trace them back to their origins .
- 4. While they are , almost invariably , brilliant , south indians can be deceptive , intolerant , dishonest and cruel .
- 5. But appearances can be deceptive .