deceivable
AmericanUsage
What does deceivable mean? Deceivable means easily deceived—misled, cheated, or otherwise convinced of something that is not the truth. The word gullible means the same thing.The word is typically used to describe people who are lied to without knowing that they have been lied to—or people who are easily tricked into believing things that are not true. Con artists and scammers prey on deceivable people, whom they might call suckers or easy marks.Example: If a person doesn’t have a strong foundation in critical thinking, it’s likely that they are very deceivable.
Other Word Forms
- nondeceivable adjective
Etymology
Origin of deceivable
Example Sentences
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I am confident that most if not all the miscarriages of the saints and people of God have their rise from deceivable thoughts here.
From The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works by Bunyan, John
This Nessus with hise wordes slyhe Yaf such conseil tofore here yhe 2200 Which semeth outward profitable And was withinne deceivable.
From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)
This is no good argument, my friends; this is a deceivable argument: he went to his death boldly—ergo, he standeth in a just quarrel.
From History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. by Froude, James Anthony
Show me thy humble heart, and not thy knee, Whose duty is deceivable and false.
From King Richard II by Shakespeare, William
Now these are many times carried away by deceivable doctrines: And truly in this our God hath both a care of his own glory, and of his church's welfare.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John
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