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Definition of designing in English: designingadjective dɪˈzʌɪnɪŋdəˈzaɪnɪŋ attributive Acting in a calculating, deceitful way. Example sentencesExamples - Without such a check, the press, in the hands of evil and designing men, would become a most formidable engine, and as mighty for mischief as for good.
- The second is artful, cunning, and designing; shielding the rich man from the possibility of being entrapped, and affecting at the same time, to have a tender and scrupulous regard, for the interests of the whole community.
- She is a weak, unintelligent girl; he a strong, cunning, and designing man.
- Although good ethics exist in the profession of law, nevertheless the profession is not without the unscrupulous cunning, and designing fellow members.
- It is not conjured up by cunning and designing men.
Synonyms scheming, calculating, conniving, plotting, intriguing, conspiring cunning, crafty, artful, wily, devious, guileful, canny, shrewd, astute, sharp, insidious, manipulative treacherous, sly, underhand, deceitful, dishonest, Machiavellian, double-dealing, tricky informal crooked, foxy
Definition of designing in US English: designingadjectivedəˈzīniNGdəˈzaɪnɪŋ attributive Acting in a calculating, deceitful way. she was a designing little minx Example sentencesExamples - She is a weak, unintelligent girl; he a strong, cunning, and designing man.
- It is not conjured up by cunning and designing men.
- The second is artful, cunning, and designing; shielding the rich man from the possibility of being entrapped, and affecting at the same time, to have a tender and scrupulous regard, for the interests of the whole community.
- Although good ethics exist in the profession of law, nevertheless the profession is not without the unscrupulous cunning, and designing fellow members.
- Without such a check, the press, in the hands of evil and designing men, would become a most formidable engine, and as mighty for mischief as for good.
Synonyms scheming, calculating, conniving, plotting, intriguing, conspiring
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