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Cunning

  • 1 cunning

    1. adjective
    1) (sly; clever in a deceitful way: cunning tricks.) πονηρός
    2) (clever: a cunning device.) έξυπνος
    2. noun
    (slyness or deceitful cleverness: full of cunning.) πονηριά

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  • 2 Cunning

    adj.
    P. and V. ποικίλος (Plat.), πανοῦργος, ἐπίτριπτος, πυκνός (Plat.), διπλοῦς (Plat.), Ar. and V. δόλιος, αἱμύλος (once in Plat.).
    V. παλιντριβής, μηχανορράφος.
    fem. adj., V. δολῶπις; see also Skilful.
    Of workmanship: P. and V. ποικίλος, V. δαίδαλος. εὔχειρ.
    ——————
    subs.
    P. and V. δόλος, ὁ (rare P.), ἀπατή, ἡ, σόφισμα, τό, μηχάνημα, τό, V. τέχνη, ἡ, τέχνημα, τό; see Trick.
    Crafliness: Ar. πυκνότης, ἡ, P. and V. πανουργία, ἡ; see also Skill.

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  • 3 cunning

    1) καπάτσος
    2) πανουργία
    3) πονηρός

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  • 4 manoeuvre

    [mə'nu:və] 1. noun
    1) (a planned movement (of troops, ships, aircraft, vehicles etc): Can you perform all the manoeuvres required by the driving test?) ελιγμός,μανούβρα/(πληθ.)στρατιωτικά γυμνάσια
    2) (a skilful or cunning plan or action: His appointment was the result of many cunning manoeuvres.) ελιγμός
    2. verb
    (to (cause to) perform manoeuvres: She had difficulty manoeuvring her car into the narrow space.)

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  • 5 Contriving

    adj.
    P. and V. εὔπορος, Ar. and P. εὐμήχανος (Plat.).
    Cunning: V. μηχανορράφος; see Cunning.
    ——————
    subs.
    Artifices: P. and V. μηχαναί, αἱ, τέχναι, αἱ.

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  • 6 Diplomacy

    subs.
    Cleverness: Ar. and P. δεξιότης, ἡ, P. δεινότης, ἡ.
    Cunning: P. and V. δόλος, ὁ (rare P.), V. τέχνη, ἡ; see Cunning.
    By diplomacy and decrees: P. πολιτείᾳ καὶ ψηφίσμασι (Dem. 254).
    Embassy: Ar. and P. πρεσβεία, ἡ.
    The results of one's diplomacy: P. τὰ πεπρεσβευμένα (Dem. 347).

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  • 7 Mischievous

    adj.
    Harmful: P. ζημιώδης, ἐπιζήμιος, βλαβερός, ἀνεπιτήδειος, P. and V. ἀσύμφορος, κακός, κακοῦργος, νοσώδης, V. λυμαντήριος, Ar. and V. ἀτηρός.
    Ill-doing: P. and V. πανοῦργος, κακοῦργος.
    Spiteful: P. and V. φθονερός. ἐπίφθονος.
    Malevolent: P. and V. δύσνους, δυσμενής, Ar. and P. κακόνους, κακοήθης, V. δύσφρων, κακόφρων.
    Troublesome: Ar. and P. χαλεπός.
    Saucy: P. ὑβριστικός.
    Full of spirits: Ar. and P. νεανικός.
    Cunning: P. and V. ἐπίτριπτος; see Cunning.

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  • 8 belie

    present participle - belying; verb
    (to give a false idea or impression of (something): His innocent face belies his cunning.) κρύβω/ διαψεύδω

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  • 9 craft

    1) (an art or skill: the craft of wood-carving.) τέχνη
    2) ((plural craft) a boat or ship: sailing craft.) σκάφος
    3) (cunning or trickery: craft and deceit.) πονηριά
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    - craftily
    - craftiness
    - craftsman
    - craftsmanship

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  • 10 crafty

    adjective (cunning and sly.) πονηρός

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  • 11 engine

    ['en‹in] 1. noun
    1) (a machine in which heat or other energy is used to produce motion: The car has a new engine.) μηχανή,κινητήρας
    2) (a railway engine: He likes to sit in a seat facing the engine.) ατμομηχανή
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    - engineer 2. verb
    (to arrange by skill or by cunning means: He engineered my promotion.) μηχανεύομαι

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  • 12 live by one's wits

    (to live by cunning rather than by hard work.) ζω με κομπίνες

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  • 13 shifty

    adjective (looking cunning and dishonest: I don't trust him - he has a very shifty look.) πανούργος

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  • 14 sly

    1) (cunning or deceitful: He sometimes behaves in rather a sly manner.) πονηρός
    2) (playfully mischievous: He made a sly reference to my foolish mistake.) τσαχπίνικος
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    - slily
    - slyness

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  • 15 subtle

    1) (faint or delicate in quality, and therefore difficult to describe or explain: There is a subtle difference between `unnecessary' and `not necessary'; a subtle flavour.) λεπτός,μικρός
    2) (clever or cunning: He has a subtle mind.) οξυδερκής,κοφτερός
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    - subtly

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  • 16 wily

    (crafty, cunning, sly etc: a wily old fox; He is too wily for the police to catch him.) πονηρός, πανούργος

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  • 17 Craft

    subs.
    Trade: P. and V. τέχνη, ἡ, Ar. and P. χειρουργία, ἡ, P. χειροτεχνία, ἡ, V. χειρωναξία, ἡ.
    Ply one's craft, v.: P. δημιουργεῖν (Plat.).
    Cunning, subs.: P. and V. δόλος, ὁ (rare P.), ἀπάτη, ἡ, σόφισμα, τό, μηχάνημα, τό, V. τέχνη, ἡ, τέχνημα, τό; see Craftiness.
    Plol, treachery: P. ἐπιβουλή, ἡ.
    Boat: see Boat.

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  • 18 Deceitful

    adj.
    P. and V. διπλοῦς (Plat.), P. ἀπατηλός.
    Cunning: P. and V. ποικίλος (Plat.), πανοῦργος, πυκνός (Plat.), ἐπίτριπτος, V. παλιντριβής, μηχανορράφος, Ar. and V. δόλιος, αἱμύλος (once in Plat.). fem. adj., V. δολῶπις.

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  • 19 Deep

    adj.
    P. and V. βαθύς.
    Of sound: P. and V. βαρύς (Eur., Hipp. 1202).
    A deep cut: P. βαθὺ τμῆμα (Plat.).
    Abstruse: P. and V. ποικίλος, πολύπλοκος.
    Cunning: P. and V. ποικίλος, πυκνός.
    Wise: P. and V. σοφός.
    Of sorrow, etc.: use P. and V. πολύς.
    Deep silence: P. and V. πολλὴ σιωπή.
    Deep and dark: V. μελαμβαθής.
    Deep-flowing: V. βαθύρρους.
    Deep-rooted: lit., V. βαθύρριζος; met.,
    innate: P. and V. σύμφυτος, ἔμφυτος (Eur., frag.).
    To draw up one's line four deep: P. ἐπὶ τεσσάρων τάσσεσθαι (mid.) (Thuc. 2, 90).
    The Thebans arranged their line twenly-five shields deep: ἐπʼ ἀσπίδας πέντε μὲν καὶ εἴκοσι Θηβαῖοι ἐτάξαντο (Thuc. 4, 93).
    The Athenians having their ships drawn up one deep: P. οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι κατὰ μίαν ναῦν τεταγμένοι (Thuc. 2, 84).
    Deep down in: P. and V. ὑπό (gen.).
    ——————
    subs.
    Sea: P. and V. θάλασσα, ἡ, Ar. and V. ἅλς, ὁ, V. ἅλμη, ἡ.
    Open sea: P. and V. πέλαγος, τό, Ar. and V. πόντος, ὁ (rare P.).
    Deeps: Ar. and V. βύθος, ὁ.

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  • 20 Disingenuous

    adj.
    P. and V. διπλοῦς; see Cunning.
    Of things: P. σκολιός (Plat.), V. ἑλικτός, πλάγιος.

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  • Cunning — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Cunning >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 cunning cunning craft Sgm: N 1 cunningness cunningness craftiness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 subtlety subtlety artificiality Sgm: N 1 maneuvering maneuvering …   English dictionary for students

  • cunning — cun|ning1 [ˈkʌnıŋ] adj [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: Present participle of cun to know , an early form of can; CAN1] 1.) someone who is cunning is clever and good at deceiving people in order to get what they want = ↑crafty ▪ a cunning opponent 2.)… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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