delude

Meaning of delude

verb
  1. make (someone) believe something that is not true.
    too many theorists have deluded the public

late Middle English: from Latin deludere ‘to mock’, from de- (with pejorative force) + ludere ‘to play’.

Information about delude

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of delude is: deludes.
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Hyphenation of delude

de-lude

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • delude is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

delude synonyms

Meaning deceive:

deceive, cozen

Meaning cause (someone) to have a wrong idea or impression:

mislead

Meaning trick or deceive (someone); dupe:

fool

Meaning cunningly deceive or outwit:

trick

Meaning deceive; trick:

dupe

Meaning deceive or trick:

hoodwink

Meaning a long-winged web-footed seabird with a raucous call, typically having white plumage with a grey or black mantle:

gull

Meaning charm or enchant (someone), often in a deceptive way:

beguile

Meaning act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage:

cheat

Meaning illegally obtain money from (someone) by deception:

defraud

Meaning obtain (money) fraudulently:

swindle

Meaning persuade (someone) to do or believe something by lying to them:

con

Meaning cheat or fool:

bamboozle

Meaning fool or trick (someone):

sucker

Meaning subject (oneself or one's opponent) to a snooker:

snooker

Meaning get the better of (someone) by cheating or deception:

hornswoggle

Meaning trick; delude:

illude

Anagrams of delude

dueled, eluded

Words that rhyme with delude

lude, Quaalude, palude, quaalude, ablude, blude, Baraclude, aquiclude, circumclude, coinclude, conclude, disocclude, exclude, foreconclude, include, interclude, obclude, occlude, preclude, preconclude, preexclude, preinclude, pseudoconclude, reclude, reconclude, reinclude, seclude, antelude, elude, predelude, prelude, undelude, hastilude, allude, collude, disillude, illude, preallude, precollude, reallude, interlude, postlude

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