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devious
adjective as in dishonest, crafty
Strongest matches
adjective as in crooked; indirect
Example Sentences
But it zeroes in on a particularly devious way in which grief can pierce its hooks in us.
Trump has denounced traditional U.S. alliances in Europe and Asia as scams by which devious foreigners have tricked gullible Americans into one-sided military and trade deals.
They snap up the cleverest and most devious communicators to craft their messages, offering salaries no one else can afford.
It’s accompanied by hand-drawn charcoal illustrations that depict a creature with an old-fashioned top hat, a pair of bulging eyes, a matching devious grin and a bulky long coat that hides spindly hands.
Trump dabbles in the devious, delights in the disingenuous and hopes to destroy with deception.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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