Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
Deceiving — Deceive De*ceive , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deceived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deceiving}.] [OE. deceveir, F. d[ e]cevoir, fr. L. decipere to catch, insnare, deceive; de + capere to take, catch. See {Capable}, and cf. {Deceit}, {Deception}.] 1. To lead into … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
deceiving — Synonyms and related words: beguiling, catchy, deceptive, deluding, delusive, delusory, dubious, fallacious, FALSE, fishy, hallucinatory, illusive, illusory, misleading, questionable, trickish, tricksy, tricky … Moby Thesaurus
deceiving — de·ceive || dɪ siËv v. cheat, mislead … English contemporary dictionary
DECEIVING — … Useful english dictionary
self-deceiving — /self di see ving, self /, adj. 1. subject to self deception; tending to deceive or fool oneself: a self deceiving person. 2. used in deceiving oneself, esp. in justifying a false belief, a morally reprehensible act, or the like: a self deceiving … Universalium
eye-deceiving — adj. creating the illusion of seeing reality. Syn: trompe l oeil(prenominal). [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
self-deceiving — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : given to self deception or serving to deceive oneself a self deceiving hypocrite self deceiving excuses … Useful english dictionary
self-deceiving — self deceiv′ing adj … From formal English to slang
eye-deceiving — adjective creating the illusion of seeing reality (Freq. 1) the visual deception of trompe l oeil art • Syn: ↑trompe l oeil • Similar to: ↑unreal … Useful english dictionary
self-delusion — deceiving oneself deliberately … English contemporary dictionary
