Definition of "deceptive" in inglés

adjective

1. Likely or attempting to deceive.

   • deceptive practices
   • Appearances can be deceptive.
   • 1846, Richard Chenevix Trench, Notes on the Miracles of Our Lord, London: John W. Parker, 2nd ed., 1847, Preliminary Essay, Chapter 2, p. 10, language altogether deceptive, and hiding the deeper reality from our eyes