cunning

Examples

• All

• Do I know that cunning little hill?

  The Cocoanuts (1929)

• Did you ever see anything so cunning?

  Dumbo (1941)

• The design is very cunning.

  Little Women (2019)

• And all the cunning little bunches of flowers?

  Deception (1946)

• Why, that cunning little Vulcan.

  Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

• Those cats are cunning.

  Uncharted (2009)

• Harriet is collecting riddles for a little book, and we knew you would come up with something cunning.

  Emma (1996)

• This nursery is cunning.

  Fiction book (1996)

• I’ve never seen a radio, so small, so cunning.

  Sophie's Choice (1982)

• What a cunning little car; its sleek design is simply adorable.

Synonyms

C

cute

vscunning

∞ 1.0

Attractive in a small, pretty, or charming way

is an older word meaning charmingly small and quaint rather than youthful

D

dainty

vscunning

14 4.9

Small and pretty in a delicate, graceful way

is an older term meaning charmingly small and quaint rather than refined beauty

Antonyms

U

ugly

866 1.0

Not pleasant to look at

U

unattractive

37 1.8

Not pleasant to look at or to the senses

Compounds

C

cunning plan

1 5.0

A clever way to trick someone to get what you want

C

cunning linguist

• Informal

1 9.1

A person very skilled and clever with language

C

cunning linguist

• Offensive

9.9

A person skilled at giving oral sex to a woman

C

cunning tactic

6.3

A clever but dishonest plan to gain an advantage

How Charming

adorable

280 1.0

cunning

• Archaic

1 9.9

cute

∞ 1.0

pretty

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology