conniving
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conniving — index collusive, concerted, dishonest, fraudulent, insidious, machiavellian, perfidious, recreant, sly … Law dictionary
conniving — 1783, prp. adj. from CONNIVE (Cf. connive). Earlier in this sense was CONNIVENT (Cf. connivent) … Etymology dictionary
Conniving — Connive Con*nive (k[o^]n*n[imac]v ), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Connived} ( n[imac]vd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Conniving}.] [L. connivere to shut the eyes, connive, fr. con + (perh.) a word akin to nicere to beckon, nictare to wink.] 1. To open and close… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
conniving — [[t]kəna͟ɪvɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you describe someone as conniving, you mean you dislike them because they make secret plans in order to get things for themselves or harm other people. Edith was seen as a conniving, greedy woman … English dictionary
conniving — con|niv|ing [kəˈnaıvıŋ] adj a conniving person secretly tries to gain something or harm someone used to show disapproval … Dictionary of contemporary English
conniving — adjective behaving in a way that does not prevent something wrong from happening, or actively helps it to happen: He knew all along, the conniving bastard! … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
conniving — adjective his conniving brother planned the whole dirty affair Syn: scheming, cunning, crafty, calculating, devious, wily, sly, tricky, artful, guileful; manipulative, Machiavellian, disingenuous, deceitful, underhanded, treacherous; informal… … Thesaurus of popular words
conniving — /kəˈnaɪvɪŋ/ (say kuh nuyving) adjective scheming; crafty: *he s a scheming, conniving and, at times, evil man. –west australian, 1992 …
conniving — Synonyms and related words: Byzantine, Machiavellian, calculating, coacting, coactive, coadjutant, coadjuvant, coefficient, collaborative, collective, collectivist, collectivistic, collusive, combined, commensal, common, communal, communalist,… … Moby Thesaurus
conniving — con|niv|ing [ kə naıvıŋ ] adjective dishonest in a clever way, especially in order to get something you want or in order to harm someone … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
