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DELUDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does delude mean? 

DELUDE (verb)
  The verb DELUDE has 1 sense:

1. be false to; be dishonest with

  Familiarity information: DELUDE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DELUDE (verb)


Sense 1delude [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Be false to; be dishonest with

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

cozen; deceive; delude; lead on

Hypernyms (to "delude" is one way to...):

victimise; victimize (make a victim of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "delude"):

betray; sell (deliver to an enemy by treachery)

cheat; chisel (engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud)

shill (act as a shill)

flim-flam; fob; fox; play a trick on; pull a fast one on; trick (deceive somebody)

befool; fool; gull (make a fool or dupe of)

betray; cheat; cheat on; cuckold; wander (be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage)

hoax; play a joke on; pull someone's leg (subject to a playful hoax or joke)

ensnare; entrap; frame; set up (take or catch as if in a snare or trap)

humbug (trick or deceive)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody


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