- Imposturous
- Imposturous Im*pos"tur*ous, a.
Impostrous; deceitful.
[1913 Webster]
Strictness fales and impostrous. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Imposturous
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imposturous — im·pos·tur·ous … English syllables
imposturous — (ˈ)im|päschərəs, əmˈp adjective : impostrous … Useful english dictionary
imposture — impostrous /im pos treuhs/, imposturous, adj. /im pos cheuhr/, n. 1. the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others. 2. deception using an assumed character, identity, or name, as by an impostor. 3. an instance or piece of fraudulent … Universalium
imposture — /ɪmˈpɒstʃə/ (say im poschuh) noun 1. the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others. 2. deception practised under an assumed character or name, as by an impostor. 3. an instance or piece of fraudulent imposition. {Late Latin… …
deceptive — [adj] dishonest ambiguous, astucious, beguiling, bum*, catchy, crafty, cunning, deceitful, deceiving, deluding, delusive, delusory, designing, disingenuous, fake, fallacious, false, fishy, foxy, fraudulent, illusory, imposturous, indirect,… … New thesaurus
pretended — [adj] alleged; imaginary affected, artificial, assumed, avowed, bluffing, bogus, charlatan, cheating, concealed, counterfeit, covered, dissimulated, factitious, fake, false, falsified, feigned, fictitious, impostrous, imposturous, lying, make… … New thesaurus
