delusive
Collocations
4ADJ.
disturbing, empty
VERB + DELUSIVE
suggest
DELUSIVE + NOUN
assurances
PREP.
off, with
Definitions
adj
Producing delusions.
Delusional.
Inappropriate to reality; forming part of a delusion.
The poor thing was finally got off, with several delusive assurances that his absence should be short: that Mr. Edgar and Cathy would visit him, and other promises, equally ill-founded, which I invented and reiterated at intervals throughout the way.
[I]t seemed calculated to suggest ideas she had no intention to suggest: ideas delusive and disturbing.
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Synonyms
adjective — inappropriate to reality or facts
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3The poor thing was finally got off, with several delusive assurances that his absence should be short: that Mr. Edgar and Cathy would visit him, and other promises, equally ill-founded, which I invent
Wiktionary[I]t seemed calculated to suggest ideas she had no intention to suggest: ideas delusive and disturbing.
WiktionaryI opened my eyes, I rubbed them, and found I was not asleep but thoroughly awake. Nevertheless, I felt my head and breast to satisfy myself whether it was I myself who was there or some empty delusive
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