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.

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scheming [ˈskiːmɪŋ]

adj

given to making plots; cunning

n

intrigues

schemingly  adv

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 I'm a cold scheming bitch.
honest, above-board, straightforward, naive, trustworthy, artless, ingenuous, guileless, undesigning

Translations

scheming [ˈskiːmɪŋ]

A. ADJ (pej) → maquinador, intrigante

B. N → conspiración f, maquinación f

scheming [ˈskiːmɪŋ]

adj → rusé(e), intrigant(e)

n → manigances fpl, intrigues fpl

scheming

n → raffiniertes Vorgehen, Tricks pl (inf); (of politicians, businessmen etc) → Machenschaften pl, → Schliche pl; (at court, in firm etc) → Intrigen pl, → Ränke pl (liter)

adj girl, methods, businessman → raffiniert, durchtrieben; colleague, courtier → intrigant; politician → gewieft (inf); what’s in your scheming little mind? → was führst du im Schild?; her scheming mother-in-law → ihre hinterhältige Schwiegermutter

scheming [ˈskiːmɪŋ]

1. adj → intrigante

2. n → intrighi mpl, macchinazioni fpl