devious 音标拼音: [d'iviəs]
a . 偏僻的,迂回的
偏僻的,迂回的
devious adj 1 :
indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way ;
misleading ; "
used devious means to achieve success ";
"
gave oblique answers to direct questions "; "
oblique political maneuvers " [
synonym : {
devious }, {
oblique }]
2 :
characterized by insincerity or deceit ;
evasive ; "
a devious character "; "
shifty eyes " [
synonym : {
devious }, {
shifty }]
3 :
deviating from a straight course ; "
a scenic but devious route "; "
a long and circuitous journey by train and boat "; "
a roundabout route avoided rush -
hour traffic " [
synonym : {
devious },
{
circuitous }, {
roundabout }]
Devious \
De "
vi *
ous \,
a . [
L .
devius ;
de via way .
See {
Viaduct }.]
1 .
Out of a straight line ;
winding ;
varying from directness ;
as ,
a devious path or way .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Going out of the right or common course ;
going astray ;
erring ;
wandering ;
as ,
a devious step .
Syn :
Wandering ;
roving ;
rambling ;
vagrant . -- {
De "
vi *
ous *
ly },
adv . -- {
De "
vi *
ous *
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
172 Moby Thesaurus words for "
devious ":
Byzantine ,
O -
shaped ,
aberrant ,
aberrative ,
ambagious ,
amoral ,
anfractuous ,
artful ,
backhand ,
backhanded ,
balled up ,
bending ,
calculating ,
canny ,
circuitous ,
circular ,
complex ,
complicated ,
confounded ,
confused ,
conscienceless ,
convoluted ,
corrupt ,
corrupted ,
crabbed ,
crafty ,
criminal ,
crooked ,
cunning ,
curving ,
daedal ,
dark ,
deceitful ,
deceptive ,
deflectional ,
departing ,
designing ,
desultory ,
deviant ,
deviating ,
deviative ,
deviatory ,
digressive ,
discursive ,
dishonest ,
dishonorable ,
divagational ,
divergent ,
diverting ,
double -
dealing ,
doubtful ,
dubious ,
duplicitous ,
elaborate ,
embrangled ,
entangled ,
errant ,
erratic ,
erring ,
evasive ,
excursive ,
felonious ,
fishy ,
fouled up ,
foxy ,
fraudulent ,
furtive ,
guileful ,
helical ,
ill -
got ,
ill -
gotten ,
immoral ,
implicated ,
indirect ,
insidious ,
insincere ,
intricate ,
involuted ,
involved ,
knotted ,
knowing ,
labyrinthian ,
labyrinthine ,
left -
handed ,
lonesome ,
loused up ,
many -
faceted ,
matted ,
mazy ,
meandering ,
messed up ,
misleading ,
mixed up ,
mucked up ,
multifarious ,
not kosher ,
oblique ,
orbital ,
out -
of -
the -
way ,
pawky ,
perplexed ,
planetary ,
plotting ,
questionable ,
rambling ,
ramified ,
remote ,
removed ,
retired ,
rotary ,
rotten ,
round ,
roundabout ,
roving ,
scheming ,
screwed up ,
secret ,
secretive ,
serpentine ,
shady ,
shameless ,
shifting ,
shifty ,
shrewd ,
side ,
sidelong ,
sinister ,
sinistral ,
sinuous ,
slick ,
slippery ,
sly ,
smooth ,
snaky ,
snarled ,
sneaking ,
sneaky ,
spiral ,
stray ,
subtile ,
subtle ,
surreptitious ,
suspicious ,
swerving ,
tangled ,
tangly ,
tortuous ,
treacherous ,
tricky ,
turning ,
twisted ,
twisting ,
unconscienced ,
unconscientious ,
unconscionable ,
underhand ,
underhanded ,
undirected ,
unethical ,
unprincipled ,
unsavory ,
unscrupulous ,
unstraightforward ,
vagrant ,
veering ,
vulpine ,
wandering ,
wily ,
winding ,
without remorse ,
without shame ,
zigzag
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DEVIOUS Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of DEVIOUS is wandering, roundabout How to use devious in a sentence The 'Lost' History of Devious
DEVIOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary DEVIOUS definition: 1 Devious people or plans and methods are dishonest, often in a complicated way, but often also… Learn more
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DEVIOUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If you describe someone as devious you do not like them because you think they are dishonest and like to keep things secret, often in a complicated way
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devious adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of devious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
Devious - definition of devious by The Free Dictionary 1 departing from the most direct way; circuitous; roundabout: a devious course 2 departing from the proper or accepted way: a devious procedure 3 not straightforward or sincere; shifty 4 without definite course; vagrant: a devious current de′vi•ous•ness, n
devious - Wiktionary, the free dictionary devious (comparative more devious, superlative most devious) Cunning or deceiving, not straightforward or honest, not frank (literal, archaic) Roundabout, circuitous, deviating from the direct or ordinary route
devious, adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary What does the adjective devious mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective devious See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence