scheming

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. used of persons
- the most calculating and selfish men in the community
• Syn:
calculating, calculative, conniving, shrewd
• Similar to:
hard
• Derivationally related forms:
shrewdness (for: shrewd), calculate (for: calculative)
2. concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest
- "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill
- a scheming wife
- a scheming gold digger
• Syn:
designing
• Similar to:
artful

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  designing, calculating, calculative, conniving, shrewd