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What is the adjective for deception?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs deceive and deceave which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

deceitful
  1. deliberately misleading or cheating
  2. deceptive in multiple ways, twifaced
  3. Synonyms:
      4. dishonest, treacherous, duplicitous, false, tricky, devious, deceptive, sly, untrustworthy, crafty, cunning, crooked, unscrupulous, guileful, fraudulent, underhand, shifty, shady, wily, scheming, unprincipled, artful, sneaky, insincere, perfidious, underhanded, designing, faithless, slippery, lying, foxy, cheating, slick, hypocritical, disingenuous, calculating, subtle, bent, sharp, untruthful, deceiving, conniving, dissembling, mendacious, Machiavellian, insidious, counterfeit, furtive, astute, knavish … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The concern was that there could be harm to the state if deceitful news was to be believed by the public.”
      “In my world, even the woman who I believed would offer me a glimmer of hope was but another deceitful façade.”
      “But in the very same essay, Macaulay supposes Bacon the man to be thoroughly deceitful, self-seeking, and lacking in moral fibre.”
deceivable
  1. Able to be deceived; gullible.
  2. (obsolete) Deceitful.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. gullible, naive, trusting, unwary, ingenuous, unsuspecting, innocent, credulous, unsuspicious, exploitable, susceptible, trustful, unsophisticated, simple, unguarded, dupable, easy, green, impressionable, unworldly, childlike, inexperienced, unsceptical, ignorant, believing, accepting, fleeceable, foolish, unskeptical, biting, silly, mark, sucker, manipulatable, wide-eyed, over-trusting, dewy-eyed, over-trustful, easily deceived, easily led, easily taken in, born yesterday, as green as grass, wet behind the ears, easy mark, kidding oneself, swallowing whole, taken in, tumbling for, being a sucker … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The above brokers also push some local financial officials to find deceivable investors.”
      “But I'm not all that convinced your readers are so deceivable.”
      “With these and the like deceivable doctrines, he levens also his prayer.”
deceptive
  1. Misleading, likely or attempting to deceive.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. deceitful, dishonest, duplicitous, guileful, shifty, shady, devious, fraudulent, tricky, crooked, crafty, treacherous, underhand, cunning, false, sly, insincere, unscrupulous, sneaky, wily, underhanded, untrustworthy, lying, unprincipled, scheming, sharp, hypocritical, perfidious, designing, dissembling, bent, foxy, disingenuous, slick, slippery, untruthful, subtle, mendacious, cheating, deceiving, rogue, Machiavellian, unreliable, snide, fast, insidious, roguish, spurious, slim, rascally … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “You implied that the president is a liar and a deceptive crook.”
      “The suspect will feel forced to give a deceptive answer to each question.”
      “More than a thousand fake luxury watches and pieces of jewelry, a deceptive passport, and 4000 steroid tablets have been seized by police.”
deceptional
  1. Employing or relating to deception; deceptive.
deceptable
  1. (obsolete) Vulnerable to deception.
deceiptful
  1. Obsolete form of deceitful.
deceiptfull
  1. Obsolete form of deceitful.
deceitfull
  1. Archaic form of deceitful.
deceptible
  1. (obsolete) Capable of being deceived.
deceptious
  1. (obsolete) Tending to deceive.
deceitless
  1. Free from deceit.
deceptory
  1. deceptive
deceived
  1. simple past tense and past participle of deceive
  2. Synonyms:
      3. set up, tricked, conned, coaxed, manipulated, used, exploited, had, cajoled, cheated, controlled, disinformed, gulled, double-crossed, duped, ensnared, entraped, fooled, framed, hoaxed, leveraged, misled, sweet-talked, flimflammed, hoodwinked, bamboozled, suckered, deluded, cozened, put one over on, beguiled, gaffed, swindled, defrauded, snookered, strung along, beat, hornswoggled, bluffed, bilked, misinformed, misguided, burnt, burned, snowed, faked out, sucked in, humbugged, stiffed, spoofed … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Esau is depicted as the deceived victim, forced into the exchange by his ravenous state, seemingly not conscious of ramifications from the sale.”
deceiving
  1. present participle of deceive
  2. Synonyms:
      3. using, taking advantage of, exploiting, manipulating, abusing, beguiling, controlling, defrauding, fleecing, mistreating, patronising, patronizing, ripping off, targeting, targetting, victimising, profiting from, victimizing, cashing in on, cheating, ill-using, jerking around, leveraging, misusing, preying on, using for one's own ends, stepping on, trifling with, imposing on, maltreating, playing with, treating lightly, bleeding, walking all over, capitalizing on, playing for a sucker, playing on, milking, taking liberties with, swindling, sucking dry, playing upon, walking over, imposing upon, taking for a ride, preying upon, doing an injustice to, treating unfairly, making use of, ill-treating … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Nothing, in all Shakspere's philosophy, appears to us finer than the deceiving nature of Romeo's presages in the last act.”
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