Synonyms for dupe
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : doop, dyoop |
| Phonetic Transcription : dup, dyup |
Top 10 synonyms for dupe Other synonyms for the word dupe
Définition of dupe
Origin :- 1680s, from French dupe "deceived person," from Middle French duppe (early 15c.), thieves' jargon, perhaps from phrase de huppe "of the hoopoe," an extravagantly crested and reputedly stupid bird.
- noun person who is fooled
- verb fool someone
- Mrs. Luttridge will look upon him as her dupe, and make him such.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- It consists in locating and exploiting the organ that one is a dupe with.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- If she fell, should he not save his friend from being the dupe of an artful intriguante?
- Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- One cannot even say that "her head is the dupe of her heart," since she has no heart.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- In order to dupe the old man, he pretended to be in bad health.
- Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson
- When the spirit is not master of the world, then it is its dupe.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- And so, what think you these two knaves—this master knave and his dupe—have determined?
- Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
- He bowed, so utterly my dupe that I could have laughed at him.
- Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
- I must become his dupe, thought I, or it is all over with me.
- Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever
- If the one who says yes is imprudent, the one who says no is a dupe.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Antonyms for dupe
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