Fallacious
Fallacious adjective - Tending or having power to deceive.
Usage example: consumers who harbor the fallacious belief that credit-card spending will never catch up with them
Shifty and fallacious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shifty" instead an adjective "Fallacious".
Shifty
Shifty adjective - Given to acting in secret and to concealing one's intentions.
Fallacious and shifty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fallacious" instead an adjective "Shifty".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- dishonest and fallacious
- dishonest and shifty
- false and fallacious
- false and shifty
- fraudulent and fallacious
- fraudulent and shifty
- deceptive and fallacious
- deceptive and shifty
- lying and fallacious
- lying and shifty
- insincere and fallacious
- insincere and shifty
- deceitful and fallacious
- deceitful and shifty
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