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2 : crafty, scheming falling into the snares of a designing enemy Charles Dickens as in cunning clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means a fraudulent scheme contrived by a group of greedy and designing people -
cunning -
cute -
slick -
plotting -
subtle -
scheming -
fraudulent -
calculating -
deceptive -
artful -
treacherous -
dishonest -
crafty -
tricky -
beguiling -
crooked -
shrewd -
devious -
wily -
foxy -
covert -
sly -
cagey -
dodgy -
slippery -
deceitful -
shady -
cagy -
undercover -
clandestine -
insinuating -
sharp -
circular -
concealed -
serpentine -
guileful -
astute -
secret -
roundabout -
facile -
unscrupulous -
oblique -
sneaky -
surreptitious -
knavish -
glib -
underhanded -
circuitous -
shifty -
underhand -
hypocritical -
backhanded -
stealthy -
insincere -
mealy -
furtive -
Machiavellian -
left-handed -
mealymouthed -
two-faced -
double-dealing -
hugger-mugger -
smooth-tongued -
public -
open -
plain -
innocent -
direct -
simple -
obvious -
real -
patent -
artless -
undesigning -
guileless -
straightforward -
natural -
honest -
sincere -
frank -
candid -
unconcealed -
outspoken -
forthright -
unaffected -
unpretending -
unpretentious -
unsophisticated -
childlike -
ingenuous -
aboveboard -
trusting -
unvarnished -
impressionable -
simpleminded -
plainspoken -
unworldly -
unstudied -
unforced -
trustful See More present participle of design 1 as in planning to have in mind as a purpose or goal early on she had designed to a top position in a major insurance company -
planning -
intending -
contemplating -
trying -
looking -
aiming -
going -
proposing -
hoping -
meaning -
calculating -
purposing -
wishing -
attempting -
meditating -
aspiring -
dreaming -
purporting -
considering -
allowing -
plotting -
figuring on -
executing -
debating -
pondering -
striving -
performing -
accomplishing -
endeavoring -
achieving -
struggling -
effecting -
scheming -
mulling (over) 2 as in preparing to work out the details of (something) in advance the foreman designed a better layout for the factory floor to improve efficiency -
planning -
preparing -
organizing -
arranging -
devising -
plotting -
choreographing -
calculating -
charting -
shaping -
budgeting -
blueprinting -
outlining -
drafting -
projecting -
framing -
contemplating -
sketching -
mapping (out) -
laying out -
contriving -
scheming (out) -
figuring -
intending -
strategizing (about) -
conspiring -
aiming -
concerting -
intriguing -
machinating -
getting up -
meditating -
meaning -
having on -
premeditating -
putting up |