mendacious

disingenuous

ˌdɪsɪnˈdʒɛnjʊəs

adjective

not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.

he was being somewhat disingenuous as well as cynical

dishonest,deceitful,underhand,underhanded,duplicitous,double-dealing,two-faced,dissembling,insincere,false,lying,untruthful,mendacious,not candid,not frank,not entirely truthful,artful,cunning,crafty,wily,sly,sneaky,tricky,scheming,calculating,designing,devious,unscrupulous,shifty,foxy,economical with the truth,terminologically inexact,subtle,hollow-hearted,false-hearted,double-faced,truthless,unveracious

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dishonest

dɪsˈɒnɪst

adjective

behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way.

he was a dishonest hypocrite prepared to exploit his family

fraudulent,corrupt,swindling,cheating,double-dealing,underhand,crafty,cunning,devious,designing,treacherous,perfidious,unfair,unjust,disreputable,rascally,roguish,dirty,unethical,immoral,dishonourable,unscrupulous,unprincipled,amoral,criminal,illegal,unlawful,false,untruthful,deceitful,deceiving,deceptive,Janus-faced,lying,mendacious,untrustworthy,crooked,shady,tricky,sharp,shifty,bent,dodgy,shonky,slim,malfeasant,knavish,subtle,hollow-hearted,false-hearted,double-faced,truthless

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deceptive

dɪˈsɛptɪv

adjective

giving an appearance or impression different from the true one; misleading.

he put the question with deceptive casualness

misleading,illusory,illusive,illusionary,ambiguous,deceiving,delusive,distorted,specious,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,crooked,sharp,shady,slippery,sneaky,tricky,foxy,bent,slim,subtle,hollow-hearted,false-hearted,double-faced,truthless,Punic

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deceitful

dɪˈsiːtfʊl
dɪˈsiːtf(ə)l

adjective

guilty of or involving deceit; deceiving or misleading others.

a deceitful politician

dishonest,untruthful,lying,mendacious,insincere,false,deceiving,dissembling,disingenuous,untrustworthy,unscrupulous,unprincipled,two-faced,duplicitous,double-dealing,cheating,underhand,crafty,cunning,sly,guileful,scheming,calculating,conniving,designing,hypocritical,perfidious,treacherous,Machiavellian,Janus-faced,sneaky,tricky,foxy,crooked,sharp,shady,shifty,slippery,bent,slim,subtle,hollow-hearted,false-hearted,double-faced,truthless,Punic,fraudulent,counterfeit,fabricated,invented,concocted,made up,trumped up,untrue,hollow,sham,bogus,fake,illusory,spurious,specious,fallacious,deceptive,misleading,misguided,distorted,fakey,economical with the truth

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