Delude synonyms
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Part of speech:
To confound or prove wrong; surprise, especially pleasantly:
To confuse; bewilder.
To cause to believe what is not true; mislead.
To deceptively trick into something wrong.
The definition of deceptive is something that is misleading or that is presenting a lie.
Suffering from or characterized by delusions
Tending to delude.
Tending to deceive; delusive.
Tending to mislead; deceptive:
Characterized by or pertaining to rapid changes in light intensity and colour.
Dealing with ideas or matters in a way that is not realistic; impractical or visionary
Trickery or craft
An imaginary monster made up of grotesquely disparate parts.
The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion.
An act or example of cozening.
The use of deceit.
A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.
Plural form of delusion of grandeur
folie-de-grandeur
Delusions of grandeur; megalomania
A deceptive hope, goal, or influence; delusion
The misleading image resulting in such a false impression
An extraordinarily complicated situation.
Extreme, irrational distrust of others.
(Philos.) A mental impression of a real person or thing
A fantastic sequence of haphazardly associative imagery, as seen in dreams or fever.
The definition of a wile is a trick or seducing behavior.
Alternative spelling of will o' the wisp.
To deprive (someone) of or out of something by deceit; cheat
To manage to get away from; elude
To violate rules deliberately, as in a game:
To avoid or evade
To mislead by means of a petty trick or fraud; deceive.
To delude is defined as to trick someone or to cause someone to believe something that is untrue.
To dupe is to trick or deceive someone.
The definition of hoodwink is to trick or deceive someone.
be truthful (antonym)
deceive, fool
To make known unintentionally:
To bluff is to pretend something that is not true.
To betray by acting in contradiction to a prior agreement.
To receive into your home for the purpose of processing for a fee.
(--- Informal) To get the better of, especially by trickery or deception:
(Stud Poker) To bluff when one holds four cards of the same suit (four flush) instead of the five in a true flush
pull-the-wool-over-someone-s-eyes
take-for-a-ride
honest (related)
(Obsolete) To adorn or grace; to honour; to make becoming, appropriate, or honourable.
brainwash (related)
gullible (related)
ignorant (related)
self-centred (related)
narrow-minded (related)
selfish (related)
led-astray (related)
naive (related)
A false or mistaken idea.
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