scheming
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6.2
- adjective
- /ˈskimɪŋ/
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maquinador
- The politician was criticized for his scheming ways, manipulating events behind the scenes to gain more power.
Procopius describes the imperial couple as vicious, scheming, and, above all, greedy for money.
- Procopius describes the imperial couple as vicious, scheming, and, above all, greedy for money.
- While not as heroic as his predecessor, Sigvaldi is described as being more prudent and scheming.
Examples
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You couldn't fall in love with such a cruel, heartless, scheming, shallow-hearted woman.
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However, the sad point is both parties are DIRTY, SCHEMING, and DUPLICITOUS (they don't care about this country and certainly don't care about you or me)...
Blog text (6) -
It's a very scheming, manipulative, dangerous thing to do to another person.
Fiction book (1993) -
I don't know about that scheming image driven.
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Dirty, evil, scheming, devious bitch.
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Procopius describes the imperial couple as vicious, scheming, and, above all, greedy for money.
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Sonya was a scheming, willful, selfish upstart, determined to live free and well by whatever means she could.
Fiction book (2002) -
Back in his court, a strong underground plot to overthrow the Bengali Prince had grown, led by Siraj's scheming uncle Mia Jafar.
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He was an evil, scheming, ambitious, and vicious young man of obscure but certainly criminal-class (read lower-class) background.
Academic text (1990) -
They sing: THE SCHEMING SONG LOCK, SHOCK & BARREL Kidnap Mr. Sandy Claws...? # LOCK #
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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4.4
Acting in a secret way to avoid being noticed or to get an advantage
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6.4
Acting in a dishonest or tricky way to get what you want
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8.1
Suggesting that people share a secret plan to do something bad
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8.0
Someone who secretly plans to do something dishonest or harmful
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6.7
Acting secretly to hurt someone you seem friendly with
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7.7
Planning actions carefully to gain personal advantage
Having secret plans to get something by tricking others
A person who carefully plans actions to get what they want, often without caring about others
How Devious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Scheming comes from an old Greek word skhēma meaning 'shape' or 'form', so a scheme was originally a 'shaped' plan. That's why someone who is scheming is quietly making secret or unfair plans to get what they want.