- conniving
- con|niv|ing [ kə`naıvıŋ ] adjectivedishonest 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. 2013.
conniving
Look at other dictionaries:
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 — adjective That connives; conspiratorial … Wiktionary
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
