deceiving

3 definitions • 8 examples

present participle of

to persuade someone that something false is the truth, or to keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage:

The company deceived customers by selling old computers as new ones.

deceive someone into doing something The sound of the door closing deceived me into thinking they had gone out.

to refuse to accept the truth:

She thinks he'll come back, but she's deceiving herself.

Her main character flaw is her readiness to deceive herself.

He insists that she loves him, but really, he's deceiving himself.

Unless I'm deceiving myself, I think we have a very good friendship.

I don't think they can face the truth so they deceive themselves.

People deceive themselves with their own version of events.