Adjective : A deceitful person cannot keep friends for long. ,a deceitful action. From Dictionary.com.
The deceitfulness, that is, the depth of wickedness, and the abominableness, past all words, of thine own heart. From Wordnik.com. [Bunyan Characters (3rd Series)] Reference
Their deceitfulness is almost beyond belief. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Best Kept Secrets] Reference
They daily manifest deceitfulness, divisiveness and greed. From Wordnik.com. [Joe Peyronnin: Obama-cession] Reference
Too much over-civilization, and the deceitfulness of riches. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Brown's Schooldays]
O lion among monarchs, it behoveth thee not to support this deceitfulness. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
= This habit of the lapwing gave the bird an evil reputation as a symbol of deceitfulness. From Wordnik.com. [Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois] Reference
Long enough have we refused to open our eyes to the evident deceitfulness of its pretensions. From Wordnik.com. [Select Temperance Tracts] Reference
Deeply and more deeply, day by day, does my understanding find the deceitfulness of my heart. From Wordnik.com. [A Brief Memoir with Portions of the Diary, Letters, and Other Remains, of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England] Reference
So Keeler, pondering the deceitfulness of riches, sadly made his way back across the mountains. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one Thieves A Tale of California] Reference
He put salt on a bird's tail and learned his first lesson of the deceitfulness of the human heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
His faults -- deceitfulness, superstitiousness, sensuality -- were those of the Arabs of his time. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
It can disguise the patterns of deceitfulness that help define a sociopath's personality disorder. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Papantonio: Chevron Shareholders Ignore Company's Abuses] Reference
The king should, therefore, by abandoning deceitfulness, seek to obtain the trust of all creatures. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
The conduct of one that is a gamester, even if it be without deceitfulness, should not be applauded. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3] Reference
His hollow words had not sounded hollow to her ears nor had she seen anything of deceitfulness in his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age] Reference
I think the word is ... underhandedness, mendacity, under-the-table-deal, deceitfulness, and just plain wrong. From Wordnik.com. [Deane Waldman: The "Stimulus" Is Stimulating My Upchuck Reflex] Reference
Clearly, says the attorney, Michelle and her three young children are victims of this man's deceitfulness as well. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 14, 2009] Reference
"The love of this world and the deceitfulness of riches" lie too close to the roots of the heart of this professor. From Wordnik.com. [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference
Those that are respectable never use the language of the Mlechchas, nor do they adopt deceitfulness in their behaviour. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3] Reference
I think a lot of the drinking and drugging were to hide from the lies and all the deceitfulness that I was going through. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2006] Reference
We know what restlessness, and guilt, and passion are, and deceitfulness, and pride, and waywardness -- all these we know. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series] Reference
"Clearly," says the attorney, "Michelle and her three young children are the victims of this man's deceitfulness as well.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 14, 2009] Reference
Yes; but he chafes more at the mystery and weakness, the mingled deceitfulness and cunning and splendor of the human heart. From Wordnik.com. [Preaching and Paganism] Reference
I think a lot of the drinking and drugging were, you know, to hide the lies and all the deceitfulness that I was going through. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 3, 2006] Reference
In like manner the care of the world and the deceitfulness of riches lacerate the man who permits them to grow rank in his heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Parables of Our Lord] Reference
O royal sage, this region can never be rendered eternal by vanity, or pride of strength, or malice, or deceitfulness, or deception. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
Hume's Political Grapevine is the one segment on Special Report where his deceitfulness shows up night after night, year after year. From Wordnik.com. [David Fiderer: At Fox News Special Report, Dishonesty is Editorial Policy: The Rancid Political Grapevine] Reference
To dream of fighting or quarrelling should put one on his guard against the deceitfulness of his own heart and the hatred of enemies. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
"The care of the world" becomes the snare of those who have little, and "the deceitfulness of riches," the snare of those who have much. From Wordnik.com. [The Parables of Our Lord] Reference
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