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单词 designing
释义

designing

adjective

de·​sign·​ing di-ˈzī-niŋ How to pronounce designing (audio)
1
: practicing forethought
2
: crafty, scheming
falling into the snares of a designing enemy Charles Dickens

Synonyms

  • artful
  • beguiling
  • cagey
  • cagy
  • crafty
  • cunning
  • cute
  • devious
  • dodgy [chiefly British]
  • foxy
  • guileful
  • scheming
  • shrewd
  • slick
  • sly
  • subtle
  • tricky
  • wily
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Example Sentences

a fraudulent scheme contrived by a group of greedy and designing people
Recent Examples on the Web That means giving up or sharing power and privilege and doing the hard work of listening and co-designing solutions with the marginalized groups. Setche Kwamu-nana, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2020 In the 1960s, the computing pioneer Grace Murray Hopper would hand out 11.8-inch lengths of wire to illustrate how designing smaller electronic parts would create faster computers. John Markoff, New York Times, 29 June 2018 In the 1960s, the computing pioneer Grace Murray Hopper would hand out 11.8-inch lengths of wire to illustrate how designing smaller electronic parts would create faster computers. John Markoff, New York Times, 29 June 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1641, in the meaning defined at sense 2

designing 1 of 2

adjective

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • 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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • 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
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designing

2 of 2

verb

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • 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

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • 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
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