designing

designing
Synonyms and related words:
Byzantine, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, abstract art, acute, arch, art, art form, artful, artist, arts and crafts, arts of design, astute, cagey, calculating, calligraphy, canny, cave art, ceramics, clever, collusive, connivent, conniving, conspiring, contriving, crafty, crooked, cunning, cute, deceitful, decoration, deep, deep-laid, design, devious, diplomatic, double-dealing, engraving, etching, feline, fine arts, folk art, foxy, graphic arts, guileful, ingenious, insidious, intriguing, inventive, knowing, pawky, photography, plastic art, plotting, politic, primitive art, ready, resourceful, scheming, sculpture, serpentine, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, smooth, snaky, sneaky, sophistical, stealthy, stratagemical, strategic, subtile, subtle, supple, tactical, the arts, treacherous, trickish, tricksy, tricky, underhanded, up to, vulpine, wary, wily

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  • Designing — De*sign ing, a. Intriguing; artful; scheming; as, a designing man. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Designing — De*sign ing, n. The act of making designs or sketches; the act of forming designs or plans. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • designing — index collusive, creation, deceptive, devious, dishonest, disingenuous, fraudulent, insidious, machiavell …   Law dictionary

  • designing — scheming, 1670s, from prp. of DESIGN (Cf. design) (q.v.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • designing — [adj] plotting, crafty artful, astute, conniving, conspiring, crooked, cunning, deceitful, devious, heedful, intriguing, Machiavellian, observant, scheming, sharp, shrewd, sly, treacherous, tricky, unscrupulous, wily; concept 542 Ant. aboveboard …   New thesaurus

  • designing — [di zīn′iŋ] adj. 1. that designs, or makes plans, patterns, etc. 2. scheming; crafty; artful n. the art or work of creating designs, patterns, etc …   English World dictionary

  • designing — un·designing; designing; …   English syllables

  • Designing — Design De*sign (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Designed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Designing}.] [F. d[ e]signer to designate, cf. F. dessiner to draw, dessin drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de + signare… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • designing — adjective Date: 1653 1. practicing forethought 2. crafty, scheming < falling into the snares of a designing enemy Charles Dickens > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • designing — 1 adjective someone who is designing tries to deceive people in order to get what they want 2 noun (U) design1 (1) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • designing — adjective he couldn t compete with the designing young executives he encountered in Washington Syn: scheming, calculating, conniving; cunning, crafty, artful, wily, devious, guileful, manipulative; treacherous, sly, underhanded, deceitful, double …   Thesaurus of popular words

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