delusive
11delusive — Synonyms and related words: Barmecidal, Barmecide, aberrant, abroad, adrift, airy, all abroad, all off, all wrong, amiss, apparent, apparitional, askew, astray, at fault, autistic, awry, beguiling, beside the mark, catchy, chimeric, chimerical,… …
12delusive — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Tending to deceive; of the nature of an illusion: delusory, illusive, illusory. See REAL. 2. Tending to lead one into error: deceptive, delusory, fallacious, illusive, illusory, misleading. See HONEST, REAL. 3 …
13delusive — de lu·sive || uËsɪv adj. delusional, misleading, deceptive; illusive …
14delusive — a. Fallacious, deceitful, deceptive, deceiving, illusive, illusory …
15delusive — adj 1. deceptive, misleading, fallacious, illusory, illusive, spurious, factitious; evasive, dodgy, elusive, slippery, shifty; specious, sham, bogus, counterfeit, mock, pseudo, artificial; false, unreal, make believe, feigned, pretended;… …
16delusive — de·lu·sive …
17delusive — de•lu•sive [[t]dɪˈlu sɪv[/t]] also de•lu•so•ry [[t]dɪˈlu sə ri[/t]] adj. 1) tending to delude; misleading; deceptive 2) of the nature of a delusion; false; unreal • Etymology: 1595–1605 de•lu′sive•ly, adv. de•lu′sive•ness, n …
18delusive — /dəˈlusɪv/ (say duh loohsiv), / ˈljusɪv/ (say lyoohsiv) adjective 1. tending to delude; deceptive. 2. of the nature of a delusion; false; unreal. Also, delusory /dəˈlusəri/ (say duh loohsuhree). –delusively, adverb –delusiveness, noun …
19delusive — adj. 1 deceptive or unreal. 2 disappointing. Derivatives: delusively adv. delusiveness n …
20Delusively — Delusive De*lu sive, a. [See {Delude}.] Apt or fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind; deceptive; beguiling; delusory; as, delusive arts; a delusive dream. [1913 Webster] Delusive and unsubstantial ideas. Whewell. {De*lu sive*ly}, adv.… …
