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Deceitful and Mendacious Definitions

Deceitful

Given to cheating or deceiving.

Mendacious

Lying; untruthful
A mendacious child.

Deceitful

Deliberately misleading; deceptive.

Mendacious

False; untrue
A mendacious statement.

Deceitful

Deliberately misleading or cheating.
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Mendacious

(of a person) Lying, untruthful or dishonest.

Deceitful

Deceptive, two-faced.

Mendacious

(of a statement, etc) False or untrue.

Deceitful

Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere.
Harboring foul deceitful thoughts.

Mendacious

Given to deception or falsehood; lying; as, a mendacious person.
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Deceitful

Intended to deceive;
Deceitful advertising
Fallacious testimony
Smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice
A fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes

Mendacious

False; counterfeit; containing falsehood; as, a mendacious statement.

Deceitful

Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another;
She was a deceitful scheming little thing
A double-dealing double agent
A double-faced infernal traitor and schemer

Mendacious

Given to lying;
A lying witness
A mendacious child

Mendacious

Intentionally untrue;
A mendacious statement

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