intriguer
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8.9
- noun
- /ɪnˈtrɪɡər/
:
intrigante
- He would steer everyone to clear waters, rip the masks off the intriguers' faces.
Examples
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This blind thinking in ideology leads to blind following in action, which was conveniently exploited by a handful of intriguers and counterrevolutionaries.
Academic text (1990) -
Known as an intriguer, he was always plotting ways to gain more power.
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With his supporters, he would see to it that by January not a single intriguer would be left in the Association.
Fiction book (1997) -
You would use your influence to assist this intriguer?
Fiction book (1992) -
During this period of turmoil and violence, instigated by a handful of intriguers, they ignored the constitution and the laws, established any organization, demonstrated anywhere, and occupied any place as they pleased.
Academic text (1990) -
"Beware, madam, of the witty devil, the arch intriguer who walks disguised in a poet's cloak, his gay tongue oozing evil."
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The most active of these was the Rev. William Smith, an inveterate intriguer, virulent polemicist, and longtime foe of the Quakers, who was notoriously ambitious to become the first Anglican bishop in the American colonies.
Academic text (2000) -
As an intriguer, she skillfully manipulated events to secure her own advantage.
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The political intriguer devised a plan to undermine his rival's campaign.
Synonyms
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7.9
A person who is sneaky and dishonest, often trying to trick others
40
4.8
A person who tricks people by gaining their trust to take their money or valuables
36
6.2
A person who secretly plans with others to do something illegal or harmful
20
6.0
A person who lies to or cheats others, often to have fun
14
9.9
A person, often a lawyer or politician, who acts dishonestly to get what they want
11
6.4
A person who plans a secret illegal or harmful act
11
8.2
A person who plans secret actions to harm or cheat others
9
7.0
A person who secretly plans to get what they want by tricking others
9
7.9
A person who secretly controls other people and their actions
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7.3
A person who helps plan something illegal with others
3
9.9
A person who secretly encourages others to break the law to make them look guilty
1
9.9
A person who seems friendly but tricks others to get what they want
1
8.4
A person who secretly plans and helps with illegal actions
1
9.9
A person who takes part in secret plots by a small group
1
8.5
A person who secretly tries to get an advantage by tricking others
1
7.8
A person who tricks or cheats people, often as a joke
A person who secretly plans to harm or trick others
A person who secretly helps others do something illegal
A person who secretly controls others to get what they want
A person who secretly controls people from behind the scenes
A person who gets things by tricking or lying to others
A friendly-looking person who secretly tricks others to gain power
How Scheming
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6.2
11
6.4
1
8.9
- Offensive
9
7.0
- Offensive
24
6.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Intriguer comes from old Italian intrigare and Latin intricare, which mean 'to tangle' or 'to entangle'. So an intriguer is like someone who quietly 'tangles' people and events with secret plans to gain power or advantage.