guileful

devious

ˈdiːvɪəs

adjective

showing a skilful use of underhand tactics to achieve goals.

he’s as devious as a politician needs to be

underhand,underhanded,deceitful,dishonest,dishonourable,disreputable,unethical,unprincipled,immoral,unscrupulous,fraudulent,cheating,dubious,dirty,unfair,treacherous,duplicitous,double-dealing,Janus-faced,below the belt,two-timing,two-faced,unsporting,unsportsmanlike,crafty,cunning,calculating,artful,conniving,scheming,designing,sly,wily,guileful,tricky,sneaky,sneaking,furtive,secret,secretive,clandestine,surreptitious,covert,veiled,shrouded,cloak-and-dagger,hugger-mugger,hole-and-corner,hidden,back-alley,backstairs,under the table,conspiratorial,snide,snidey,crooked,shady,bent,low-down,murky,fishy,dodgy,shonky,slim

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designing

dɪˈzʌɪnɪŋ

adjective

acting in a calculating, deceitful way.

a designing little minx

scheming,calculating,conniving,plotting,intriguing,conspiring,cunning,crafty,artful,wily,devious,guileful,canny,shrewd,astute,sharp,insidious,manipulative,treacherous,sly,underhand,deceitful,dishonest,Machiavellian,double-dealing,tricky,crooked,foxy

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deceptive

dɪˈsɛptɪv

adjective

giving an appearance or impression different from the true one; misleading.

he put the question with deceptive casualness

misleading,illusory,illusive,illusionary,ambiguous,deceiving,delusive,distorted,specious,deceitful,duplicitous,fraudulent,counterfeit,sham,bogus,cheating,underhand,cunning,crafty,sly,guileful,scheming,perfidious,treacherous,Machiavellian,dissembling,disingenuous,untrustworthy,unscrupulous,unprincipled,dishonest,untruthful,lying,mendacious,insincere,false,crooked,sharp,shady,slippery,sneaky,tricky,foxy,bent,slim,subtle,hollow-hearted,false-hearted,double-faced,truthless,Punic

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deceitful

dɪˈsiːtfʊl
dɪˈsiːtf(ə)l

adjective

guilty of or involving deceit; deceiving or misleading others.

a deceitful politician

dishonest,untruthful,lying,mendacious,insincere,false,deceiving,dissembling,disingenuous,untrustworthy,unscrupulous,unprincipled,two-faced,duplicitous,double-dealing,cheating,underhand,crafty,cunning,sly,guileful,scheming,calculating,conniving,designing,hypocritical,perfidious,treacherous,Machiavellian,Janus-faced,sneaky,tricky,foxy,crooked,sharp,shady,shifty,slippery,bent,slim,subtle,hollow-hearted,false-hearted,double-faced,truthless,Punic,fraudulent,counterfeit,fabricated,invented,concocted,made up,trumped up,untrue,hollow,sham,bogus,fake,illusory,spurious,specious,fallacious,deceptive,misleading,misguided,distorted,fakey,economical with the truth

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cunningest

ˈkʌnɪŋ

adjective

having or showing skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit or evasion.

a cunning look came into his eyes

crafty,wily,artful,guileful,devious,sly,knowing,scheming,designing,tricky,slippery,slick,manipulative,Machiavellian,deceitful,deceptive,duplicitous,Janus-faced,shrewd,astute,clever,canny,sharp,sharp-witted,skilful,ingenious,resourceful,inventive,imaginative,deft,adroit,dexterous,foxy,savvy,fiendish,sneaky,fly,pawky,slim,subtle,vulpine,carny

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cunninger

ˈkʌnɪŋ

adjective

having or showing skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit or evasion.

a cunning look came into his eyes

crafty,wily,artful,guileful,devious,sly,knowing,scheming,designing,tricky,slippery,slick,manipulative,Machiavellian,deceitful,deceptive,duplicitous,Janus-faced,shrewd,astute,clever,canny,sharp,sharp-witted,skilful,ingenious,resourceful,inventive,imaginative,deft,adroit,dexterous,foxy,savvy,fiendish,sneaky,fly,pawky,slim,subtle,vulpine,carny

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cunning

ˈkʌnɪŋ

adjective

having or showing skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit or evasion.

a cunning look came into his eyes

crafty,wily,artful,guileful,devious,sly,knowing,scheming,designing,tricky,slippery,slick,manipulative,Machiavellian,deceitful,deceptive,duplicitous,Janus-faced,shrewd,astute,clever,canny,sharp,sharp-witted,skilful,ingenious,resourceful,inventive,imaginative,deft,adroit,dexterous,foxy,savvy,fiendish,sneaky,fly,pawky,slim,subtle,vulpine,carny

noun

skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit.

a statesman to whom cunning had come as second nature

guile,craftiness,wiliness,artfulness,deviousness,slyness,trickery,trickiness,duplicity,deceitfulness,deceit,chicanery,shrewdness,astuteness,cleverness,canniness,sharpness,ingenuity,resourcefulness,inventiveness,imagination,deftness,adroitness,dexterity,dexterousness,wiles,ploys,schemes,stratagems,tactics,manoeuvres,subterfuges,tricks,ruses,foxiness

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crafty

ˈkrɑːfti

adjective

clever at achieving one’s aims by indirect or deceitful methods.

a crafty crook faked an injury to escape from prison

cunning,guileful,wily,artful,devious,sly,tricky,duplicitous,dishonest,underhand,cheating,deceitful,Janus-faced,sharp,scheming,calculating,designing,evasive,shrewd,astute,canny,foxy,slim,subtle

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craftiest

ˈkrɑːfti

adjective

clever at achieving one’s aims by indirect or deceitful methods.

a crafty crook faked an injury to escape from prison

cunning,guileful,wily,artful,devious,sly,tricky,duplicitous,dishonest,underhand,cheating,deceitful,Janus-faced,sharp,scheming,calculating,designing,evasive,shrewd,astute,canny,foxy,slim,subtle

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craftier

ˈkrɑːfti

adjective

clever at achieving one’s aims by indirect or deceitful methods.

a crafty crook faked an injury to escape from prison

cunning,guileful,wily,artful,devious,sly,tricky,duplicitous,dishonest,underhand,cheating,deceitful,Janus-faced,sharp,scheming,calculating,designing,evasive,shrewd,astute,canny,foxy,slim,subtle

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calculating

ˈkalkjʊleɪtɪŋ

adjective

acting in a scheming and ruthlessly determined way.

he was a coolly calculating, ruthless man

cunning,crafty,wily,shrewd,scheming,devious,designing,conniving,manipulative,Machiavellian,artful,guileful,slippery,slick,sly,disingenuous,unscrupulous,foxy,slim,subtle

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artful

/ˈɑrtfəl/

adjective

(of a person or action) clever or skillful, typically in a crafty or cunning way.

her artful wiles

sly,crafty,cunning,wily,scheming,devious,Machiavellian,sneaky,guileful,tricky,conniving,designing,calculating

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