Delusive - English meaning

Delusive – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
Giving a false or misleading impression.
Usage examples:
A delusive perception of opportunity for all
Synonims:
Misleading Deceptive Misconceived Mistaken False In error Illusory Chimerical Insubstantial Delusory Illusive

adjective
False
Usage examples:
I harboured the delusive hope that he would return my love.

Delusive translation into English

Delusive: translate from English into Chinese

骗人的, 困惑的, 迷惑的

Delusive: translate from English into Dutch

Misleidend, Bedrieglijk

Delusive: translate from English into French

Illusoire, Trompeur, Dupeur

Delusive: translate from English into German

Trügerisch

Delusive: translate from English into Hindi

धोखे से भरा हुआ, मायिक, ग़ैरहक़ीक़ी, अयथार्थ, कल्पनामय, ख़याली

Delusive: translate from English into Italian

Ingannevole, Illusorio

Delusive: translate from English into Korean

망상, 기만적인

Delusive: translate from English into Russian

Иллюзорный, Обманчивый, Нереальный

Delusive: translate from English into Spanish

Engañoso, Ilusorio

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Delusive – similar words

delusions

noun
An idiosyncratic belief or impression maintained despite being contradicted by reality or rational argument, typically as a symptom of mental disorder.
Usage examples:
The delusion of being watched

noun
Something a person believes and wants to be true, when it is actually not true
Usage examples:
[ c ] we have no delusions that these kids are going to play pro basketball, but they are having fun.

Delusions - all meanings in English

delusion

noun
An idiosyncratic belief or impression maintained despite being contradicted by reality or rational argument, typically as a symptom of mental disorder.
Usage examples:
The delusion of being watched

noun
Something a person believes and wants to be true, when it is actually not true
Usage examples:
[ c ] we have no delusions that these kids are going to play pro basketball, but they are having fun.

Delusion - all meanings in English

Delusive synonims

chimerical

adjective
(of a mythical animal) formed from parts of various animals.
Usage examples:
The design is based on a chimeric creature with the body of a turtle and the head of a dragon

adjective
Relating to a hope or dream that is extremely unlikely ever to come true
Usage examples:
His self-image as a writer seems chimerical., as if the real world weren't scary enough, chimerical…

Chimerical - all meanings in English

deceptive

adjective
Giving an appearance or impression different from the true one; misleading.
Usage examples:
He put the question with deceptive casualness

adjective
Making you believe something that is not true
Usage examples:
It's deceptive - from the outside the building looks small, but inside it's very big.

Deceptive - all meanings in English

delusory

adjective
Another term for delusive.

Delusory - all meanings in English

false

adjective
Not according with truth or fact; incorrect.
Usage examples:
He was feeding false information to his customers

adjective
(of things) not real, but made to look real, or (of information) not true but made to seem true in order to deceive
Usage examples:
Haban used false identification to enter france., the company presented clients with documents cont…

adjective
Not true or correct
Usage examples:
It is an offense to give false information on your application form., the wanted man is known to be…

False - all meanings in English

illusive

adjective
Deceptive; illusory.
Usage examples:
An illusive haven

Illusive - all meanings in English

illusory

adjective
Based on illusion; not real.
Usage examples:
She knew the safety of her room was illusory

adjective
Not real and based on illusion
Usage examples:
Their hopes of a peaceful solution turned out to be illusory.

Illusory - all meanings in English

insubstantial

adjective
Lacking strength and solidity.
Usage examples:
The huts are relatively few and insubstantial

adjective
Of little value or importance, or not being strong, solid, or large
Usage examples:
He was popular during the early part of the 20th century, but today his work seems dated and insubs…

Insubstantial - all meanings in English

misconceived

adjective
Wrongly or badly planned or judged, typically because of faulty understanding.
Usage examples:
This misconceived project

verb
Fail to understand (something) correctly.
Usage examples:
Some academic latinists did misconceive pound's poem in that way

adjective
Badly planned because of a failure to understand a situation and therefore unsuitable or unlikely to succeed
Usage examples:
The plan to build the road through the forest is wholly misconceived.

Misconceived - all meanings in English

misleading

adjective
Giving the wrong idea or impression.
Usage examples:
Your article contains a number of misleading statements

verb
Cause (someone) to have a wrong idea or impression.
Usage examples:
Fans believed they were misled about the reasons for the cancellation

adjective
Causing someone to believe something that is not true
Usage examples:
Misleading information, a misleading story

Misleading - all meanings in English

mistaken

adjective
Wrong in one's opinion or judgement.
Usage examples:
She wondered whether she'd been mistaken about his intentions

verb
Be wrong about.
Usage examples:
Because i was inexperienced i mistook the nature of our relationship

Mistaken - all meanings in English

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