meaning of deceptive
1. Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance.
2. tending to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are
">misleading"
Related Words
deceptive | deceptively | deceptiveness |
