different between deceitful vs unfair

English

Alternative forms

• deceiptful (obsolete)
• deceiptfull (obsolete)
• deceitfull (archaic)

Etymology

deceit +? -ful

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??si?tf?l/, /-fl?/

Adjective

deceitful (comparative more deceitful, superlative most deceitful)

1. Deliberately misleading or cheating.
   • c. 1590, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, [Act II, scene vii]:

     All the?e are ?eruants to deceitfull men.
2. Deceptive, two-faced.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:deceptive

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English unfair (“unattractive, unseemly”), from Old English unfæ?er (“ugly”), equivalent to un- +? fair.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?f??(?)/, [?n?f??(?)], /?n?f??(?)/, [?n?f??(?)]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?f??/

• Rhymes: -??(r)

Adjective

unfair (comparative unfairer, superlative unfairest)

1. (rare or archaic) not beautiful; uncomely; unattractive
2. (archaic or obsolete) sorrowful; sad
3. (archaic) unseemly; disgraceful
4. not fair, unjust

   Antonyms: fair, just

Translations

See also

Verb

unfair (third-person singular simple present unfairs, present participle unfairing, simple past and past participle unfaired)

1. (transitive, obsolete) to make ugly

   Synonym: devenustate

Anagrams

• Funari

German

Etymology

From un- +? fair.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n?f??r/, [???n-], [????-], [-?f????], [-?fe???], [-?f???]
• Hyphenation: un?fair

Adjective

unfair (comparative unfairer, superlative am unfairsten)

1. unfair

   Synonyms: unlauter, ungerecht

   Antonym: fair

Declension

Further reading

• “unfair” in Duden online
• “unfair” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache