English-Thai Dictionary

deceptive

ADJ อย่าง โกหก  อย่าง หลอกลวง  yang-ko-hok

 

deceptively

ADV อย่าง หลอกลวง  yarng-lorg-luang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DECEPTIVE

a.Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress false opinions; as a deceptive countenance or appearance.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DECEPTIVE

De *cep "tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. déceptif. See Deceive. ]

 

Defn: Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance. Language altogether deceptive, and hiding the deeper reality from our eyes. Trench. Deceptive cadence (Mus. ), a cadence on the subdominant, or in some foreign key, postponing the final close.

 

DECEPTIVELY

DECEPTIVELY De *cep "tive *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a manner to deceive.

 

DECEPTIVENESS

DECEPTIVENESS De *cep "tive *ness, n.

 

Defn: The power or habit of deceiving; tendency or aptness to deceive.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

deceptive

de cep tive |diˈseptiv dəˈsɛptɪv | ▶adjective giving an appearance or impression different from the true one; misleading: he put the question with deceptive casualness. DERIVATIVES de cep tive ness noun

 

deceptively

de cep tive ly |diˈseptivlē dəˈsɛptəvli | ▶adverb [ usu. as submodifier ] in a way or to an extent that gives a misleading impression. • to a lesser extent than appears the case: the idea was deceptively simple. • to a greater extent than appears the case: the airy and deceptively spacious lounge. usage: Deceptively belongs to a very small set of words whose meaning is genuinely ambiguous in that it can be used in similar contexts to mean both one thing and also its complete opposite. A deceptively smooth surface is one that appears smooth but in fact is not smooth at all, while a deceptively spacious room is one that does not look spacious but is in fact more spacious than it appears. But what is a deceptively steep gradient? Or a person who is described as deceptively strong ? To avoid confusion, use with caution (or not at all ), unless the context makes clear in what way the thing modified is not what it first appears to be.

 

Oxford Dictionary

deceptive

de ¦cep |tive |dɪˈsɛptɪv | ▶adjective giving an appearance or impression different from the true one; misleading: he put the question with deceptive casualness. DERIVATIVES deceptiveness noun

 

deceptively

de ¦cep |tive ¦ly ▶adverb [ usu. as submodifier ] in a way or to an extent that gives a misleading impression: • to a lesser extent than appears the case: the idea was deceptively simple. • to a greater extent than appears the case: the airy and deceptively spacious lounge. usage: Deceptively belongs to a very small set of words whose meaning is genuinely ambiguous. It can be used in similar contexts to mean both one thing and also its complete opposite. A deceptively smooth surface is one which appears smooth but in fact is not smooth at all, while a deceptively spacious room is one that does not look spacious but is in fact more spacious than it appears. But what is a deceptively steep gradient? Or a person who is described as deceptively strong ? To avoid confusion, it is probably best to reword and not to use deceptively in such contexts at all.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

deceptive

deceptive adjective 1 distances are very deceptive: misleading, illusory, illusionary, specious; ambiguous; distorted; literary illusive. 2 deceptive practices: deceitful, duplicitous, fraudulent, counterfeit, underhanded, cunning, crafty, sly, guileful, scheming, treacherous, Machiavellian; disingenuous, untrustworthy, unscrupulous, unprincipled, dishonest, insincere, false; informal crooked, sharp, shady, sneaky, tricky, foxy. USAGE deceptively Deceptively belongs to a very small set of words whose meaning is genuinely ambiguous in that it can be used in similar contexts to mean both one thing and also its complete opposite. A deceptively smooth surface is one that appears smooth but in fact is not smooth at all, while a deceptively spacious room is one that does not look spacious but is in fact more spacious than it appears. But what is a deceptively steep gradient? Or a person who is described as deceptively strong? To avoid confusion, use with caution (or not at all ) unless the context makes clear in what way the thing modified is not what it first appears to be. Usage notes show additional guidance on finer points of English usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

deceptive

deceptive adjective 1 distances over water are very deceptive: misleading, illusory, illusive, illusionary, ambiguous, deceiving, delusive, distorted, specious. 2 deceptive practices account for at least half of the offences: deceitful, duplicitous, fraudulent, counterfeit, sham, bogus, cheating, underhand, cunning, crafty, sly, guileful, scheming, perfidious, treacherous, Machiavellian, dissembling, disingenuous, untrustworthy, unscrupulous, unprincipled, dishonest, untruthful, lying, mendacious, insincere, false; informal crooked, sharp, shady, slippery, sneaky, tricky, foxy; Brit. informal bent; S. African informal slim; archaic subtle, hollow-hearted; rare false-hearted, double-faced, truthless, Punic. ANTONYMS honest.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

deceptive

de cep tive /dɪséptɪv /形容詞 1 人をだますような, 人を欺くための .2 見かけとは違う, 見かけ倒しの, (目を )迷わす [眩 （くら ）ます ]ような .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞