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# deceitful

«deceitful» in Mova's school dictionary: **A deceitful person often lies or tricks people to make…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (deceitful, more deceitful, most deceitful)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A deceitful person often lies or tricks people to make them believe things that are not true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceitful/#m1)

2) A deceitful action or word is meant to trick someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceitful/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, deceitful characters (like the wolf in «Little Red Riding Hood») use lies to get what they want; the reader learns not to trust them. In lessons on honesty and online safety, deceitful messages and scams try to fool you. Phrases: «deceitful behaviour», «a deceitful smile».

### examples

- The deceitful fox pretended to be the hen's friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceitful/#x1)
- It was deceitful to copy his homework and say it was yours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceitful/#x2)
- The scam email was deceitful: it pretended to come from a bank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceitful/#x3)
- She was hurt by her friend's deceitful words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceitful/#x4)
- The villain hid his deceitful plan behind a smile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceitful/#x5)
- Being deceitful can break people's trust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceitful/#x6)
- The queen, who did not imagine that any person could be so deceitful, bade her stepmother welcome, and kept her beside her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceitful/#x7)

### note

Spelling: «ei» after c (deceit, deceive). Noun: deceit; verb: deceive. Opposite: honest, truthful.

### In the corpora

- [Wilt Thou indeed be unto me as a deceitful brook, as waters that fail?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.453/)
- [The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceeding weak — who can know it?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.486/)
- ['Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MIC.92/)
- [For they speak not peace; but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.550/)
- [Thou lovest all devouring words, the deceitful tongue.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.868/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «deceitful» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deceitful/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.