deceptive
/dɪ'sɛptɪv/
adjective
9 letters3 syllables17 points in Scrabble®20 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS2
ADJECTIVE
1
Causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true.
“deceptive calm”
2
Designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently.
“the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm”
“deliberately deceptive packaging”
WORD FORMS
Related formdeceive
Related formdeceptiveness
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®17 points
Words With Friends®20 points
Double word34 points
Triple word51 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latineceptiveday
Starts & ends withD … E
Syllablesde · cep · tive
SYNONYMS & RELATED7
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