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Adjectives (4)
byzantine
adj. characterized by elaborate scheming and intrigue; devious; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "a fine hand for Byzantine deals and cozy arrangements"
tortuous
adj. not straightforward; "his tortuous reasoning"
scheming, calculating
adj. used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"
Fuzzynyms (38)
Machiavellian
adj. of or relating to Machiavelli or the principles of conduct he recommended; "Machiavellian thinking"
roundabout, circuitous
adj. deviating from a straight course; "a scenic but devious route"; "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"; "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic"
designing, scheming
adj. concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest; "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger"
slick, cunning, crafty, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
adj. marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"
Janus-faced, two-faced, deceitful, double-faced, hypocritical, double-tongued
adj. professing feelings or virtues one does not have; "hypocritical praise"
corrupt, crooked
adj. not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
dishonest, dishonorable, dishonourable
adj. deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
sneaky, underhand, underhanded
adj. marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by underhand methods"
shifty
adj. characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive; "a devious character"; "shifty eyes"
perfidious, treacherous
adj. tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans; "Punic faith"; "the perfidious Judas"; "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"; "treacherous intrigues"
immoral, unethical, unjust, dishonorable, dishonourable
adj. not adhering to ethical or moral principles; "base and unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life"; "cheating is dishonorable"; "they considered colonialism immoral"; "unethical practices in handling public funds"
Synonyms (38)
adroit, clever, ingenious
adj. skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends; "cool prudence and sensitive selfishness along with quick perception of what is possible--these distinguish an adroit politician"; "came up with a clever story"; "an ingenious press agent"; "an ingenious scheme"
slick, cunning, crafty, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
adj. marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"
cute, precious
adj. obviously contrived to charm; "an insufferably precious performance"; "a child with intolerably cute mannerisms"
designing, scheming
adj. concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest; "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger"
manipulative
adj. skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage; "the early manipulative techniques of a three-year-old child"
allusive
adj. characterized by indirect references; "allusive speech is characterized by allusions"
backhanded
adj. roundabout or ambiguous; "attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity"; "a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal"
roundabout, circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious
adj. roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"; "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic)
rambling, digressive, discursive, excursive
adj. (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that"
evasive
adj. avoiding the issue; not straightforward: "an evasive statement"
hearsay, thirdhand
adj. heard through another rather than directly; "hearsay information"
mealymouthed
adj. hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy; "a mealymouthed politician"
perverted, distorted, misrepresented, twisted
adj. having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented; "many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality"; "a perverted translation of the poem"
Antonyms (3)
honest, honorable, honourable
adj. not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"; "an honest wage"; "honest weight"
devious
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