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81 surreptitious
a тайный; сделанный тайкомСинонимический ряд:1. obscure (adj.) ambiguous; backhanded; indirect; oblique; obscure; sarcastic; unfavourable2. secret (adj.) clandestine; concealed; confidential; covert; hidden; hole-and-corner; hugger-mugger; hush-hush; mystical; private; secret; sneak; sneaky; stealthy; sub-rosa; unauthorized; undercover; under-the-table3. sly (adj.) furtive; secretive; slyАнтонимический ряд:candid; open -
82 suspect
1. n подозреваемый или подозрительный человек2. a predic подозрительный3. a predic подозреваемый4. v подозревать5. v сомневаться в истинности, не доверять6. v предполагать, допускатьto suspect a plot — предполагать, что существует заговор
7. v думать, полагатьhe showed qualities that no one would have suspected him to possess — он обнаружил качества, которых в нём никто и не подозревал
Синонимический ряд:1. doubtful (adj.) ambiguous; borderline; clouded; doubtable; doubtful; dubious; dubitable; equivocal; fishy; furtive; impugnable; indecisive; open; precarious; problematic; queasy; questionable; shady; shaky; suspected; suspicious; uncertain; unclear; undecided; uneasy; unsettled; unstable; unsure2. defendant (noun) defendant3. believe (verb) assume; believe; conceive; conjecture; consider; expect; fancy; gather; guess; imagine; speculate; suppose; surmise; take; think; understand4. doubt (verb) disbelieve; distrust; doubt; misdoubt; mistrustАнтонимический ряд:know; trust; trustworthy -
83 suspicious
1. a подозрительный, недоверчивый2. a вызывающий подозрение, подозрительныйСинонимический ряд:1. distrustful (adj.) disbelieving; distrustful; doubting; dubious; having doubts; jealous; leery; mistrustful; sceptical; skeptical; suspecting; untrusting; wary2. doubtful (adj.) ambiguous; borderline; clouded; doubtable; doubtful; dubitable; equivocal; fishy; furtive; impugnable; indecisive; open; precarious; problematic; queasy; questionable; shady; shaky; suspect; uncertain; unclear; undecided; uneasy; unsettled; unstable; unsure; untrustworthy3. odd (adj.) odd; peculiar; queer; strangeАнтонимический ряд:clear; normal; trusting -
84 under-the-table
1. a тайный, незаконный2. a разг. пьяныйСинонимический ряд:secret (adj.) clandestine; covert; furtive; hole-and-corner; hugger-mugger; hush-hush; mystical; secret; sneak; stealthy; sub-rosa; surreptitious; undercover -
85 undercover
a тайный, секретныйСинонимический ряд:1. secret (adj.) cloak-and-dagger; covert; furtive; hole-and-corner; hugger-mugger; hush-hush; mystical; secret; sneak; stealthy; sub-rosa; surreptitious; under-the-table2. underground (adj.) clandestine; covertly; furtively; hidden; privately; secretly; underground; unlawfully -
86 underhand
1. a тайный, секретный, закулисный2. a неискренний, неоткровенный, непрямой3. adv тайком, за спиной, исподтишкаСинонимический ряд:1. devious (adj.) crafty; deceitful; devious; duplicitous; guileful; indirect; shifty; sly; sneaking; sneaky; stealthy; underhanded2. secretive (adj.) clandestine; elusive; evasive; furtive; insidious; secret; secretiveАнтонимический ряд:honest; open; straightforward; undisguised -
87 underhanded
a нуждающийся в рабочей силе; неукомплектованныйСинонимический ряд:1. dishonest (adj.) conniving; corrupt; dishonest; false; illegal; mercenary; praetorian; sinister; unethical; venal2. shorthanded (adj.) shorthanded; undermanned; understaffed3. sly (adj.) furtive; secret; secretive; sly; traitorous; unfair; unscrupulous4. underhand (adj.) crooked; deceitful; devious; duplicitous; guileful; indirect; shifty; sneaking; sneaky; treacherous; underhandАнтонимический ряд:forthright; honest
См. также в других словарях:
Furtive — Fur tive, a. [L. furtivus, fr. furtum theft, fr. fur thief, akin to ferre to bear: cf. F. furtif. See {Fertile}.] Stolen; obtained or characterized by stealth; sly; secret; stealthy; as, a furtive look. Prior. [1913 Webster] A hasty and furtive… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
furtive — I adjective backstair, catlike, clandestine, cloaked, concealed, covert, crafty, cunning, deceitful, evasive, feline, furtivus, hangdog, hidden, indirect, insidious, masked, mysterious, private, secret, secretive, shady, shifty, shrouded, sly,… … Law dictionary
furtive — late 15c. (implied in furtively), from Fr. furtif, from L. furtivus stolen, hidden, secret, from furtum theft, robbery, from fur (gen. furis) thief, probably from PIE *bhor , from root *bher (1) to carry. Related: Furtiveness … Etymology dictionary
furtive — stealthy, clandestine, surreptitious, underhand, underhanded, *secret, covert Analogous words: *sly, cunning, crafty, wily, guileful, artful: *cautious, calculating, wary, circumspect: disguised, cloaked, masked (see DISGUISE vb) Antonyms:… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
furtive — [adj] sneaky, secretive artful, calculating, cautious, circumspect, clandestine, cloaked, conspiratorial, covert, crafty*, creepy*, cunning, disguised, elusive, evasive, foxy, guileful, hidden, hush hush*, insidious, masked, scheming, shifty*,… … New thesaurus
furtive — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ characterized by guilty or evasive secrecy; stealthy. DERIVATIVES furtively adverb furtiveness noun. ORIGIN Latin furtivus, from furtum theft … English terms dictionary
furtive — [fʉr′tiv] adj. [Fr furtif < L furtivus, stolen, hidden < furtum, theft < fur, a thief < IE * bhōr (> Gr phōr) < base * bher , to BEAR1: hence, orig., one who carries off] done or acting in a stealthy manner, as if to hinder… … English World dictionary
furtive — ● furtif, furtive adjectif (latin furtivus, dérobé, de fur, furis, voleur) Qui se fait rapidement, à la dérobée, de manière à échapper à l attention : Une larme furtive. Littéraire. Qui passe rapidement, presque inaperçu : Des apparitions… … Encyclopédie Universelle
furtive — fur|tive [ˈfə:tıv US ˈfə:r ] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: furtif, from Latin fur thief ] behaving as if you want to keep something secret = ↑secretive ▪ There was something furtive about his actions. furtive glances/looks ▪ Chris kept… … Dictionary of contemporary English
furtive — adjective behaving as if you want to keep something secret: There was something furtive about his appearance. | furtive glances/looks: Christine kept stealing furtive glances at me. furtively adverb furtiveness noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
furtive — furtively, adv. furtiveness, n. /ferr tiv/, adj. 1. taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance. 2. sly; shifty: a furtive manner. [1480 90; < L furtivus, equiv. to furt(um) theft (cf. fur thief) + ivus IVE] … Universalium