Synonyms for deceiver

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-seev

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsiv

Définition of deceiver

Origin : c.1300, from Old French decevoir (12c., Modern French décevoir) "to deceive," from Latin decipere "to ensnare, take in, beguile, cheat," from de- "from" or pejorative + capere "to take" (see capable). Related: Deceived; deceiver; deceiving.

noun conniver

Example sentences :

These difficulties were too obvious to create any embarrassment to so consummate a deceiver.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

He was no deceiver, nor bloody, nor cruel, like the other Indians.
Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

You don't mind if I can help prove that someone else was the deceiver, do you, Elinor?
Extract from : « Miss Pat at School » by Pemberton Ginther

He had spoken to him nothing but the truth, yet he could not help feeling like a deceiver.
Extract from : « Allison Bain » by Margaret Murray Robertson

"Very," answered the deceiver, assuming the look of a martyr.
Extract from : « Teddy: Her Book » by Anna Chapin Ray

Of these Saint Anian, we must confess, is somewhat of a deceiver.
Extract from : « Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine » by Edward A. Freeman

To him at least he could not play the hypocrite or the deceiver.
Extract from : « The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch » by Talbot Baines Reed

The deceiver did not mean all this to be taken as a real objection.
Extract from : « Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished » by R.M. Ballantyne

It is so worthy of the deceiver to make a jest of his own crime!
Extract from : « Love and Intrigue » by Friedrich Schiller

He knows God cannot forsake, and the deceiver of love but deceives himself.
Extract from : « Epistle Sermons, Vol. II » by Martin Luther

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