cunningest
Meaning of cunningest
- having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion.
a cunning look came into his eyes
- attractive or quaint.
Baby will look too cunning for anything in that pink print
Middle English: perhaps from Old Norse kunnandi ‘knowledge’, from kunna ‘know’ (related to can1), or perhaps from Middle English cunne, an obsolete variant of can1. The original sense was ‘(possessing) erudition or skill’ and had no implication of deceit; the sense ‘deceitfulness’ dates from late Middle English.
Information about cunningest
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Hyphenation of cunningest
cun-ningest
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- cunningest is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
cunningest synonyms
Meaning clever at achieving one's aims by indirect or deceitful methods:
Meaning skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully:
Meaning clever or skilful, especially in a crafty or cunning way:
Meaning having or showing sly or cunning intelligence:
Meaning showing a skilful use of underhand tactics to achieve goals:
Meaning having or showing a cunning and deceitful nature:
Meaning showing or suggesting that one has knowledge or awareness that is secret or known to only a few people:
Meaning given to or involved in making secret and underhand plans:
Meaning acting in a calculating, deceitful way:
Meaning deceitful or crafty:
Meaning (of a person) evasive and unpredictable; not to be relied on:
Meaning done or operating in an impressively smooth and efficient way:
Meaning exercising unscrupulous control or influence over a person or situation:
Meaning cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous, especially in politics:
Meaning guilty of or involving deceit; deceiving or misleading others:
Meaning giving an appearance or impression different from the true one; misleading:
Meaning deceitful:
Meaning having or showing sharp powers of judgement; astute:
Meaning having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one's advantage:
Meaning showing skill and originality; ingenious:
Meaning having or showing shrewdness and good judgement, especially in money or business matters:
Meaning quick to take advantage, especially in an unscrupulous or dishonest way:
Meaning having or showing skill:
Meaning (of a person) clever, original, and inventive:
Meaning having the ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties:
Meaning having the ability to create or design new things or to think originally:
Meaning having or showing creativity or inventiveness:
Meaning neatly skilful and quick in one's movements:
Meaning clever or skilful:
Meaning showing or having skill, especially with the hands:
Meaning cunning or sly:
Meaning shrewd and knowledgeable; having common sense and good judgement:
Meaning extremely cruel or unpleasant:
Meaning furtive; sly:
Meaning (of a bird, bat, or insect) move through the air using wings:
Meaning having a mocking or cynical sense of humour:
Meaning (of a person or their build) gracefully thin; slender:
Meaning crafty; cunning:
Meaning relating to a fox or foxes:
Meaning a carnival or funfair:
cunningest antonyms
Meaning free of deceit; truthful and sincere:
Meaning devoid of guile; innocent and without deception:
Meaning (of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement:
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