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单词 jugglery
释义

jugglery

noun

jug·​glery ˈjə-glə-rē How to pronounce jugglery (audio)
1
: the art or practice of a juggler
2
: manipulation or trickery especially to achieve a desired end

Synonyms

  • artifice
  • chicane
  • chicanery
  • gamesmanship
  • hanky-panky
  • jiggery-pokery
  • legerdemain
  • skulduggery
  • skullduggery
  • subterfuge
  • trickery
  • wile
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Example Sentences

you wouldn't believe the jugglery I have to resort to in order to get the cat in the carrier for a trip to the vet's

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

jugglery

noun

as in deception
the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end you wouldn't believe the jugglery I have to resort to in order to get the cat in the carrier for a trip to the vet's

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • deception
  • trickery
  • treachery
  • subterfuge
  • chicanery
  • deceptiveness
  • legerdemain
  • gamesmanship
  • skulduggery
  • cunning
  • jiggery-pokery
  • artfulness
  • cunning
  • deceit
  • stealth
  • artifice
  • secrecy
  • skullduggery
  • wile
  • scheming
  • chicane
  • plotting
  • shrewdness
  • hanky-panky
  • duplicity
  • deceitfulness
  • slipperiness
  • dissimulation
  • shiftiness
  • hypocrisy
  • craftiness
  • slyness
  • dishonesty
  • imposture
  • slickness
  • humbuggery
  • sneakiness
  • underhandedness
  • design
  • guile
  • quackery
  • fakery
  • insincerity
  • crookedness
  • deviousness
  • crookery
  • wiliness
  • cageyness
  • caginess
  • double-dealing
  • shadiness
  • sharpness
  • oiliness
  • dupery
  • dirty pool
  • foxiness
  • dirty tricks
  • guilefulness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sincerity
  • artlessness
  • ingenuousness
  • guilelessness
  • forthrightness
  • directness
  • candor
  • plainness
  • openness
  • candidness
  • plainspokenness
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