Definitions for deceptive

deceptive de·cep·tive

Spelling: [dih-sep-tiv]
IPA: /dɪˈsɛp tɪv/

Deceptive is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 188 anagrams from letters in deceptive (cdeeeiptv).

Definitions for deceptive

adjective

  1. apt or tending to deceive:
  2. perceptually misleading:

Origin of deceptive

1605-15; Medieval Latin dēceptīvus, equivalent to Latin dēcept(us) (see deception) + -īvus -ive

Examples for deceptive

Were there not reflections of a deceptive, stimulation-seeking, and coldblooded psychopathic personality in Dzhokhar?

“The language on the ballot is deceptive and deliberately so,” says Herron.

The makers of wildly popular energy shot 5-hour Energy are being sued by three states for deceptive advertising.

"Here's your coat," said she, with that strange, deceptive calmness.

He knows he was lucky that way; but also that appearances can be deceptive.

The British worker is, of course, deceptive; he does not look as if he were thinking.

He might have been any age from forty to sixty, so deceptive was his appearance.

Appearances are deceptive very often; they are so in this instance.

The procedure is called an E-Trace, but the name is deceptive.

Out in the open, and especially in the mountains, distances are deceptive.

Word Value for deceptive
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Words with friends

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