📖 Definitions of "Delusive"
adjective
- 1
Producing delusions.
- 2
Delusional.
- 3
Inappropriate to reality; forming part of a delusion.
🔄 Synonyms of "Delusive"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| falseverb | Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect. |
| unrealistic | Not realistic. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Delusive"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| false | Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect. |
| unrealistic | Not realistic. |
| misleading | Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true. |
| deceptive | Likely or attempting to deceive. |
| misguided | Misled or mistaken. |
| misinformed | — |
| delusional | Suffering from delusions; having false or faulty beliefs. |
| disillusionary | Causing disillusion. |
| deceitful | Deliberately misleading or cheating. |
| illusioned | Under an illusion; deceived. |
| deceptional | Employing or relating to deception; deceptive. |
| deceptory | (archaic) deceptive |
| abused | Having been a victim of some form of abuse, most commonly child abuse or domestic violence. |
| fallacious | Deceptive or misleading. |
| misconceivingverb | Having false ideas; misleading. |
| deceivous | deceptive |
| creative | Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these. |
| distortive | Causing distortion. |
| disleading | (nonstandard, malapropism) Alternative form of misleading. [Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true.] |
| fabricatorynoun | Pertaining to fabrication, construction, and manufacturing. |
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