fraudful

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈfrɔdfəl/ UK /ˈfrɔːdfəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
full of fraud; deceitful or treacherous

His fraudful promises lured many investors to ruin.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · full of fraud; deceitful or... deceitful fraudulent treacherous dishonest craftyguilefuldeceptive

Opposites

honest trustworthy sincere candid

Word family

Derived forms fraudfullyfraudfulness

Related forms fraud fraudulent fraudulence

Etymology

From fraud (from Old French fraude, from Latin fraus, genitive fraudis, 'deceit, injury') + the suffix -ful.

fraus Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# fraudful

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈfrɔdfəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈfrɔːdfəl/

## Meanings
1. full of fraud; deceitful or treacherous

## Examples
- His fraudful promises lured many investors to ruin.

## Synonyms
- deceitful
- fraudulent
- treacherous
- dishonest
- crafty
- guileful
- deceptive

## Antonyms
- honest
- trustworthy
- sincere
- candid

## Derived Forms
- fraudfully
- fraudfulness

## Related Forms
- fraud
- fraudulent
- fraudulence

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: fraus

## Etymology
From fraud (from Old French fraude, from Latin fraus, genitive fraudis, 'deceit, injury') + the suffix -ful.

## AI Etymology
Fraudful comes from fraud (from Old French fraude, from Latin fraus, genitive fraudis, 'deceit, injury') + the suffix -ful. The etymological trail includes Latin fraus. As an adjective, fraudful describes what is full of fraud; deceitful or treacherous. The same family is visible in derived forms such as fraudfully and fraudfulness and related forms such as fraud, fraudulent, and fraudulence. The analysis is partly morphological, with the modern form built from the elements named in the history.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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