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1. deceit
noun. ['dɪˈsiːt'] the quality of being fraudulent.
Synonyms
- fraudulence
Antonyms
- roughness
- profundity
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Rhymes with Deceit
- uncomplete
- noncompete
- indiscreet
- incomplete
- vanvliet
- vanfleet
- obsolete
- mistreat
- marquerite
- marguerite
- excrete
- discrete
- discreet
- concrete
- complete
- secrete
- retreat
- replete
- downbeat
- deplete
- conceit
- compete
- bufete
- bridgette
- backseat
- unseat
- streett
- street
- shumeet
- repeat
How do you pronounce deceit?
Pronounce deceit as dɪˈsit.
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Sentences with deceit
1. Noun, singular or mass
He is said to have given Pandora, the first woman, the gifts of deceit and crafty words.
2. Verb, base form
In a paper, write about how the characters use and respond to deceit, lies and manipulation.
Quotes about deceit
1. It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit.
- William Makepeace Thackeray
2. In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
- George Orwell
3. It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
- Noël Coward, Blithe Spirit
2. self-deceit
noun. a misconception that is favorable to the person who holds it.
Synonyms
- self-deception
Antonyms
- dimension
- concept
Etymology
- deceit (English)
- self- (English)
3. deceit
noun. ['dɪˈsiːt'] a misleading falsehood.
Synonyms
- bill of goods
- exaggeration
- overstatement
- skulduggery
- blind
- misrepresentation
- fraudulence
- slickness
- facade
- duplicity
- skullduggery
- hocus-pocus
- pretence
- hanky panky
- pretense
- half-truth
- magnification
- window dressing
- equivocation
- snow job
- jiggery-pokery
- falsity
- evasion
- humbug
- feigning
- snake oil
- falsehood
- subterfuge
- trickery
- untruth
- deception
Antonyms
- understatement
- rear
- contraction
- truthfulness
4. deceit
noun. ['dɪˈsiːt'] the act of deceiving.
Synonyms
- cheat
- falsification
- illusion
- imposture
- misrepresentation
- bluff
- cheating
- dissimulation
- chicane
- pretending
- shenanigan
- duplicity
- pretence
- pretense
- double-dealing
- head game
- indirection
- chicanery
- four flush
- wile
- delusion
- impersonation
- simulation
- feigning
- take-in
- guile
- trickery
- obscurantism
- fakery
- deception
Antonyms
- sighted
- perceptive
- rational
- brighten