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deceived
adjective as in led astray
Strong matches
- baited
- bamboozled
- betrayed
- conned
- culled
- duped
- fooled
- gulled
- had
- hoaxed
- hoodwinked
- lured
- played
- snared
- taken
- trapped
- victimized
adjective as in led into an erroneous conclusion
Strong matches
- deluded
- misapprehending
- misinformed
- misled
- mistaken
- sadly mistaken
adjective as in cheated
Weak match
Example Sentences
And lest you be deceived, primary elections are no partisan monopoly.
Bradlee felt deceived by his friends but, “with both of them gone from my life, resentment seemed foolish.”
The dying are deceived by the chemical whirl of “a dying brain.”
Schill is looking to determine if the Hugheses fraudulently deceived his clients.
Frank “Speedy” Lopera filed a similar suit alleging he was deceived by Richardson.
But even the great Mr. Abrahams, on one notable occasion at least, had been deceived.
It was just what Lawrence wanted, but what to do with the man and still keep him deceived puzzled Lawrence.
But if hope for some strange reason refused to die completely, he did not allow himself to be deceived.
Yet there were other days when she listened, was led on and deceived by fresh promises which her youth held out to her.
The party seeking redress, must have been deceived, and also injured by the deceit in order to recover.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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