deceitful lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• marked by deception "achieved success in business only by underhand methods"
• causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true "deceptive calm" "a delusory pleasure"
• characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive "a devious character" "shifty eyes"
• marked by skill in deception "cunning men often pass for wise" "deep political machinations" "a foxy scheme" "a slick evasive answer" "sly as a fox" "tricky Dick" "a wily old attorney"
• marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another "she was a deceitful scheming little thing" - Israel Zangwill "a double-dealing double agent" "a double-faced infernal traitor..."
• intended to deceive "deceitful advertising" "fallacious testimony" "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"