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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clever, devious |
| Synonyms: | arch, artful, astute, bluffing, cagey, calculating, canny, captious, conniving, covert, crafty, crooked, cunning, deceitful, deceptive, delusive, designing, dishonest, dishonorable, dissembling, double-dealing, elusive, foxy, furtive, guileful, illusory, impish, ingenious, insidious, intriguing, mean, mischievous, plotting, roguish, scheming, secret, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, smart, smooth, sneaking, stealthy, subtle, traitorous, treacherous, tricky, underhand, unscrupulous, wily |
| Antonyms: | honest, open, simple, straight, straightforward, unclever |
| Main Entry: | suggestive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | signifying |
| Synonyms: | evocative, evocatory, expressive, giving an inkling, indicative, intriguing, pregnant, redolent, remindful, reminiscent, significative, symbolic, symptomatic |
| Antonyms: | meaningless, simple |
| Main Entry: | tempting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alluring, inviting |
| Synonyms: | appetizing, attractive, charming, divine, enticing, fascinating, fetching, heavenly, intriguing, luring, magnetic, mouth-watering, provoking, rousing, scrumptious, seductive, tantalizing, yummy* |
| Antonyms: | disenchanting, repulsive, revolting, unattractive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thought-provoking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stimulating |
| Synonyms: | absorbing, captivating, exciting, fascinating, gripping, inspirational, interesting, intriguing, inviting, provocative, refreshing, riveting, stirring |
| Main Entry: | wily |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crafty, clever |
| Synonyms: | arch, artful, astute, cagey, crazy like a fox, crooked, cunning, deceitful, deceptive, deep, designing, foxy, greasy, guileful, insidious, intriguing, knowing, sagacious, scheming, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick*, slippery*, sly, smooth, sneaky, streetwise, tricky, underhanded |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cloak-and-dagger |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | full of secrecy |
| Synonyms: | clandestine, covert, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, intriguing, mysterious, quiet, secret, sly, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover |
| Antonyms: | aboveboard |
| Main Entry: | gripping |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absorbing |
| Synonyms: | arresting, captivating, consuming, engrossing, enthralling, exciting, fascinating, interesting, intriguing, monopolizing, preoccupying, riveting, spellbinding |
| Main Entry: | impressionistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suggestive |
| Synonyms: | allusive, connotative, evocative, evocatory, expressive, giving an inkling, indicative, intriguing, pregnant, redolent, remindful, reminiscent, significative, symbolic, symptomatic |
| Main Entry: | insinuating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | provoking doubt |
| Synonyms: | evocative, evocatory, expressive, giving an inkling, indicative, insinuative, insinuatory, intriguing, pregnant, redolent, remindful, reminiscent, significative, suggestive, symbolic, symptomatic |
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