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designing

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de·sign·ing  (d-znng)
adj.
1. Conniving; crafty.
2. Showing or exercising forethought.
de·signing·ly adv.
designing [dɪˈzaɪnɪŋ]
adj
artful and scheming; conniving; crafty
designingly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.designingdesigning - the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan); "he contributed to the design of a new instrument"
design
creating by mental acts - the act of creating something by thinking
planning - the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise
Adj.1.designingdesigning - 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"
scheming
artful - marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors"
designing
adjective scheming, plotting, intriguing, crooked (informal), shrewd, conspiring, cunning, sly, astute, treacherous, unscrupulous, devious, wily, crafty, artful, conniving, Machiavellian, deceitful He was trapped into marriage by a designing witch.
Translations
designing [dɪˈzaɪnɪŋ]
A. ADJ → intrigante
B. N → diseño m, el diseñar
designing
adj → intrigant, hinterhältig
designing [dɪˈzaɪnɪŋ] adj (scheming) → astuto/a, intrigante
designing [dɪˈzaɪnɪŋ] adj (scheming) → astuto/a, intrigante


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" And also to an Act, entitled, "an Act, supplementary to an Act, for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times herein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Imagination and Heart by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
If such corrupter, therefore, should have the impudence to pretend a real affection for her, ought not the woman to regard him not only as an enemy, but as the worst of all enemies, a false, designing, treacherous, pretended friend, who intends not only to debauch her body, but her understanding at the same time?
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
But notwithstanding the concurring testimony of experience, in this particular, there are still to be found visionary or designing men, who stand ready to advocate the paradox of perpetual peace between the States, though dismembered and alienated from each other.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
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