Deceptive
Deceptive adjective - Tending or having power to deceive.
Usage example: in his deceptive answer about the vehicle's history, the salesman said that the used car had never been hit by another car
Puzzling and deceptive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Puzzling" instead an adjective "Deceptive".
Mutual synonyms
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Puzzling and Deceptive. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/deceptive/puzzling
Deceptive & Puzzling. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/deceptive/puzzling>.
Puzzling or Deceptive. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/deceptive/puzzling.
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