English Explanatory Dictionary

guileful

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Full of guile; treacherously deceptive.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-guileful.wav

Word forms

guileful more guileful most guileful guilefull

Etymology

From Middle English gileful, gilful, equivalent to guile + -ful.

Synonyms

guiled ratlike viperous beguiling deceitful deceptious deceptive deceptory fallacious fraudful fraudulent booky dastardly disleal disloyal double-crossing double-dealing double-faced double-hearted doublehearted faithless false falseheart false-hearted guileful hollow-hearted illoyal infidelitous insidious Judaslike Judasly nonfaithful perfidious proditorious proditory Punic recreant renegade reptilian reptitious swike traitorish traitorlike traitorly traitorous traitorsome treacherous treachersome trothless unfaithful unleal unloyal unsteadfast untrue viperish

Derived words

guilefully guilefulness unguileful
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