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Spell Bee Word: Delusive


Basic Details

Word: Delusive

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Giving a false idea or hope; misleading.

Synonyms: misleading, deceptive, false, illusory

Antonyms: genuine, real

Sounds like: elusive (hard to find, catch or remember)

How to Spell Delusive

Syllables: de - lu - sive

Tricky part: There is one s, and the ending is ive. Students double the s or use c (delucive).

Watch out for: delussive, delucive, deluseive

Memory tip: Delusive belongs to the family delude, delusion: the final de of delude becomes s, then add ive. One s runs through delusion and delusive.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The calm sea gave the sailors a delusive sense of safety.

Example 2: His hope of winning the lottery proved delusive.

Example 3: The shade of the tree was delusive; the ground beneath was still burning hot.

Fun Fact

Delude comes from Latin deludere, to mock or play false, built on ludere, to play; the same root gives ludo, the board game.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word delusive as used in the sentence:

The cool breeze at noon gave a delusive promise of rain that never came.

a) genuine
b) lasting
c) misleading
d) reliable

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c) misleading. The promise led people to expect rain wrongly, so it was misleading.

Mingle-Mangle

Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:

The mirage on the hot road was vuelised, as there was no water at all.

a) elusive
b) delusive
c) illusive
d) divisive

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b) delusive. The jumble has a d and only one i: elusive has no d, while illusive and divisive need more i's.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

del_s_ve

a) u, i
b) u, e
c) o, i
d) u, a

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a) u, i. Delude gives the u, and the ending ive gives the i.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word means hard to find or catch, and is often confused with delusive?

a) abusive
b) effusive
c) elusive
d) exclusive

Show answer

c) elusive

2. Delusive shares its root with ____.

a) dilution
b) delivery
c) delusion
d) dilemma

Show answer

c) delusion

Associated Words

victoriousaccomplishmentconscientiouslydividedinextricably
misspelledassumesgarrisoninevitablyscrutinise

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