deluding

Meaning of deluding

verb, gerund or present participle
  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 deluding

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of deluding

de-lud-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • deluding is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

deluding synonyms

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

mislead

Meaning deliberately cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, especially for personal gain:

deceive

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 or deceive:

cozen

Meaning trick; delude:

illude

Anagrams of deluding

indulged, ungilded

Words that rhyme with deluding

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