delusive

Definition

Producing delusions.

Etymology

From delude + -ive.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "I 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 phantom; but touch, feeling, the collected thoughts that passed through my mind, all convinced me that I was the same then and there that I am this moment."