scheming

scheme  (skm)

n.

1. A systematic plan of action: "Did you ever carry out your scheme of writing a series of sonnets embodying all the great epochs of art?" (Edith Wharton).

2. A secret or devious plan; a plot. See Synonyms at plan.

3. An orderly combination of related parts: an irrigation scheme with dams, reservoirs, and channels.

4. A chart, diagram, or outline of a system or object.

v. schemed, schem·ing, schemes

v.tr.

1. To plot: scheming their revenge.

2. To contrive a plan or scheme for.

v.intr.

To make plans, especially secret or devious ones.

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[Latin schma, figure, from Greek skhma; see segh- in Indo-European roots.]

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schemer n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	scheming - used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community" calculating, calculative, conniving, shrewd hard - dispassionate; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer";
	2.	scheming - 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" designing artful - marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors"

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scheming

adjective calculating, cunning, sly, designing, tricky, slippery, wily, artful, conniving, Machiavellian, foxy, deceitful, underhand, duplicitous << OPPOSITE straightforward

Translations

scheming [ˈskiːmɪŋ] adj → intrigante

scheming [ˈskiːmɪŋ] adj → rusé(e) → intrigant(e)

n → manigances fpl, intrigues fpl

scheming [ˈskiːmɪŋ] scheme adj → intrigierend

n → Machenschaften pl

scheming [ˈskiːmɪŋ] adj → intrigante

n → intrighi mpl; macchinazioni fpl