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designing

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"

devious, calculating

adj. used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"

shrewd, calculating, calculative, conniving

adj. used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"

devious, scheming, calculating

adj. used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"

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"

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"

byzantine, devious

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"

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"

manipulative

adj. skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage; "the early manipulative techniques of a three-year-old child"

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"

harsh, rigorous, brutal, cruel, unkind

adj. (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain; "brutal instruments of torture"; "cruel weapons of war"

callous, hard-boiled, hardened, case-hardened

adj. used of persons; emotionally hardened; "faced a case-hardened judge"

intent, concentrated

adj. "took a hard look"

glaring, harsh

adj. disagreeable to the senses; "the harsh cry of a blue jay"; "harsh cognac"; "the harsh white light makes you screw up your eyes"; "harsh irritating smoke filled the hallway"

steely

adj. resembling steel as in hardness; "steely eyes"; "steely nerves like those of a steeplejack"

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