misleidend — meaning in English

English meaning

• deceitful adj Deliberately dishonest or misleading; inclined to trick or deceive others.
• deceptive adj Likely to mislead or intended to create a false impression.
• misleading adj Creating a false impression, even if not technically a lie.
• specious adj Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.

Senses

misleidend is used for these senses in English:

• captious (obsolete) That captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical.
• specious Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.

Related Dutch words