FluentPlex

deceiving

adjective C2
  1. deceitful
+ Save to review

From the library

First, I was wasting the time I ought to have put on my studies; and secondly, I was deceiving my teacher in trying to make it appear I was reading a history when it was a storybook instead.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 246 · C1
Caroline is incapable of wilfully deceiving anyone; and all that I can hope in this case is, that she is deceived herself.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 139 · B2
Encased in the skin of a sheep, he pastured with the flock deceiving the shepherd by his costume.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 13 · B2
A Fox seeing him sitting so long and learning the reason of his doing so, said to him, “You are indeed, sir, sadly deceiving yourself; you are indulging a hope strong enough to cheat you, but which will never reward you with enjoyment.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 90 · B2

Other matches

Learn deceiving in real texts

With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.

Create free account
Words, meanings, pronunciations and translations from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.