adj. Function: adjective
having an appearance or character that leads one astray or into error FF1C; the president made several misleading statements to the people FF1E;
Synonyms: beguiling, deceiving, deceptive, deluding, delusive, delusory, fallacious, false
Related Words: casuistical, sophistical, specious; wrong; bewildering, confounding, distracting, perplexing, puzzling; deceitful, inaccurate
Contrasted Words: clarifying, elucidative, explanatory, illuminating