cunning 音标拼音: [k'ʌnɪŋ]
a . 狡猾的,巧妙的,可爱的
狡猾的,巧妙的,可爱的
cunning adj 1 :
attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness ; "
a cute kid with pigtails "; "
a cute little apartment "; "
cunning kittens "; "
a cunning baby " [
synonym :
{
cunning }, {
cute }]
2 :
marked by skill in deception ; "
cunning men often pass for wise "; "
deep political machinations "; "
a foxy scheme "; "
a slick evasive answer "; "
sly as a fox "; "
tricky Dick "; "
a wily old attorney " [
synonym : {
crafty }, {
cunning }, {
dodgy }, {
foxy },
{
guileful }, {
knavish }, {
slick }, {
sly }, {
tricksy }, {
tricky },
{
wily }]
3 :
showing inventiveness and skill ; "
a clever gadget "; "
the cunning maneuvers leading to his success "; "
an ingenious solution to the problem " [
synonym : {
clever }, {
cunning },
{
ingenious }]
n 1 :
shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception [
synonym : {
craft }, {
craftiness }, {
cunning }, {
foxiness },
{
guile }, {
slyness }, {
wiliness }]
2 :
crafty artfulness (
especially in deception )
Cunning \
Cun "
ning \ (
k [
u ^]
n "
n [
i ^]
ng ),
a . [
AS .
cunnan to know ,
to be able .
See 1st {
Con }, {
Can }.]
1 .
Knowing ;
skillful ;
dexterous . "
A cunning workman ." --
Ex .
xxxviii .
23 .
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"
Tis beauty truly blent ,
whose red and white Nature '
s own sweet and cunning hand laid on . --
Shak .
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Esau was a cunning hunter . --
Gen xxv .
27 .
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2 .
Wrought with ,
or exhibiting ,
skill or ingenuity ;
ingenious ;
curious ;
as ,
cunning work .
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Over them Arachne high did lift Her cunning web . --
Spenser .
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3 .
Crafty ;
sly ;
artful ;
designing ;
deceitful .
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They are resolved to be cunning ;
let others run the hazard of being sincere . --
South .
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4 .
Pretty or pleasing ;
as ,
a cunning little boy . [
Colloq .
U .
S .] --
Barlett .
Syn : {
Cunning }, {
Artful }, {
Sly }, {
Wily }, {
Crafty }.
Usage :
These epithets agree in expressing an aptitude for attaining some end by peculiar and secret means .
Cunning is usually low ;
as ,
a cunning trick .
Artful is more ingenious and inventive ;
as ,
an artful device .
Sly implies a turn for what is double or concealed ;
as ,
sly humor ;
a sly evasion .
Crafty denotes a talent for dexterously deceiving ;
as ,
a crafty manager .
Wily describes a talent for the use of stratagems ;
as ,
a wily politician .
A cunning man often shows his dexterity in simply concealing .
An artful man goes further ,
and exerts his ingenuity in misleading .
A crafty man mingles cunning with art ,
and so shapes his actions as to lull suspicions .
The young may be cunning ,
but the experienced only can be crafty .
Slyness is a vulgar kind of cunning ;
the sly man goes cautiously and silently to work .
Wiliness is a species of cunning or craft applicable only to cases of attack and defense ." --
Crabb .
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Cunning \
Cun "
ning \,
n . [
AS .
cunnung trial ,
or Icel .
kunnandi knowledge .
See {
Cunning },
a .]
1 .
Knowledge ;
art ;
skill ;
dexterity . [
Archaic ]
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Let my right hand forget her cunning . --
Ps .
cxxxvii .
5 .
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A carpenter '
s desert Stands more in cunning than in power . --
Chapman .
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2 .
The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose ;
fraudulent skill or dexterity ;
deceit ;
craft .
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Discourage cunning in a child ;
cunning is the ape of wisdom . --
Locke .
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We take cunning for a sinister or crooked wisdom .
--
Bacon .
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254 Moby Thesaurus words for "
cunning ":
Byzantine ,
Daedalian ,
Machiavellian ,
Machiavellianism ,
Machiavellic ,
ability ,
acute ,
address ,
adept ,
adeptness ,
adroit ,
adroitness ,
agility ,
airmanship ,
ambidexterity ,
ambidextrous ,
animal cunning ,
apt ,
arch ,
art ,
artful ,
artfulness ,
artifice ,
artisanship ,
artistic ,
artistry ,
astute ,
authoritative ,
bad faith ,
bravura ,
brilliance ,
brilliant ,
cagey ,
cageyness ,
calculating ,
canniness ,
canny ,
capability ,
capacity ,
chiseling ,
clean ,
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cleverness ,
collusive ,
command ,
competence ,
control ,
coordinated ,
coordination ,
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crack ,
crackerjack ,
craft ,
craftiness ,
craftsmanship ,
crafty ,
crooked ,
cunning ,
cunningness ,
cute ,
daedal ,
dainty ,
deceit ,
deceitful ,
deceitfulness ,
deep ,
deep -
laid ,
deft ,
deftness ,
delicate ,
designing ,
devious ,
deviousness ,
dexterity ,
dexterous ,
dexterousness ,
dextrous ,
dextrousness ,
diplomacy ,
diplomatic ,
dishonest ,
dishonesty ,
dissemblance ,
dissimulation ,
double ,
double -
dealing ,
double -
faced ,
double -
minded ,
double -
tongued ,
doublehearted ,
doubleness ,
doubleness of heart ,
duplicitous ,
duplicity ,
efficiency ,
excellent ,
expert ,
expertise ,
expertness ,
facility ,
faithless ,
faithlessness ,
false ,
false -
principled ,
falsehearted ,
falseheartedness ,
falseness ,
fancy ,
feline ,
finagling ,
finesse ,
foxiness ,
foxy ,
fraudulent ,
furtive ,
furtiveness ,
good ,
goodish ,
grace ,
graceful ,
grip ,
guile ,
guileful ,
guilefulness ,
handiness ,
handy ,
horsemanship ,
hypocrisy ,
improbity ,
indirect ,
indirection ,
ingenious ,
ingeniousness ,
ingenuity ,
insidious ,
insidiousness ,
inventive ,
keen ,
know -
how ,
knowing ,
low cunning ,
magisterial ,
marksmanship ,
masterful ,
masterly ,
mastership ,
mastery ,
mignon ,
neat ,
no mean ,
pawkiness ,
pawky ,
perfidious ,
politic ,
practical ability ,
professional ,
proficiency ,
proficient ,
prowess ,
quick ,
quickness ,
quite some ,
readiness ,
ready ,
resource ,
resourceful ,
resourcefulness ,
satanic cunning ,
savoir -
faire ,
savvy ,
scheming ,
seamanship ,
serpentine ,
sharp ,
sharpness ,
shiftiness ,
shifty ,
shrewd ,
shrewdness ,
skill ,
skillful ,
skillfulness ,
slick ,
slickness ,
slim ,
slippery ,
sly ,
slyness ,
smart ,
smooth ,
snaky ,
sneak attack ,
sneakiness ,
sneaky ,
some ,
sophistical ,
statesmanlike ,
stealthy ,
strategic ,
style ,
stylish ,
subtile ,
subtility ,
subtilty ,
subtle ,
subtlety ,
supple ,
surreptitious ,
surreptitiousness ,
tact ,
tactful ,
tactfulness ,
tactical ,
technical brilliance ,
technical mastery ,
technical skill ,
technique ,
the compleat ,
the complete ,
timing ,
treacherous ,
treacherousness ,
treachery ,
trickiness ,
trickish ,
tricksy ,
tricky ,
two -
faced ,
two -
facedness ,
underhand ,
underhanded ,
underhandedness ,
virtuosity ,
virtuoso ,
vulpine ,
wary ,
well -
considered ,
well -
contrived ,
well -
designed ,
well -
devised ,
well -
done ,
well -
invented ,
well -
laid ,
well -
planned ,
well -
reasoned ,
well -
thought -
out ,
well -
weighed ,
wile ,
wiliness ,
wily ,
wit ,
wizardry ,
workmanlike ,
workmanship
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