Devious synonyms
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dishonest (related)
(Informal) Extremely pleasing to the senses; sensuously enjoyable:
Being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course:
roundable
Indirect
Not straightforward; devious; specif., deceitful or tricky
(Slang) Attractive, stylish, etc.; specif., sexually attractive
Working harm in a slow or subtle manner; hence, more dangerous than seems evident
(Archaic) Keen; piercing; sharp
Done by moving the hand (arm) from below.
indirect (related)
sly (related)
Full of twists, turns, and windings; roundabout; tortuous
Not straightforward; dishonest; swindling
Attractive or pretty in a delicate way; cute
Moving from the proper course or established limits:
louche
Of questionable morality or repute:
Resembling a maze, as in design or complexity; labyrinthine.
Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression.
Indirect or evasive:
Deviating from what is considered right or good; wrong, improper, etc. or corrupt, wicked, etc.; specif., sexually perverted
Lengthy and digressive:
Characterized by indirectness, evasiveness, or vagueness:
Coiled or twisted; winding
Having, displaying, or suggestive of deceitful character; evasive or untrustworthy.
Wicked, evil, or dishonest, esp. in some dark, mysterious way
Having curves in alternate directions; meandering.
Furtive; surreptitious.
Hard to deal with, complicated
(Sports) Executed with the hand brought forward and up from below the level of the shoulder; underarm:
Nomadic
Full of wiles; cunning.
That winds, turns, coils, spirals, etc.
anfractuosity
A complicated or involved process.
circuity
A circuitous plan; a roundabout way of doing something
circumbendibus
Sharp divergence from normal behavior
The characteristic of being devious; sneakiness; underhandedness.
Lack of direction or purpose
sinuosity
The property of being sinuous.
A twist, turn, etc.
straight (antonym)
direct (antonym)
honest (antonym)
frank (antonym)
open (antonym)
truthful (antonym)
trustworthy (antonym)
artless (antonym)
straightforward (antonym)
Assuming a pose of naivete to make a point or for deception.
Having duplicity; deceitful
Full of guile; treacherously deceptive.
Having a slippery or smooth quality:
Circuitous; roundabout:
Having no fixed or regular course; wandering:
Having strayed or wandered; lost
purpose (related)
Intentionally vague or ambiguous; equivocal:
Tending to deceive; apt to lie or cheat
Characterized by, constituting, or gained by fraud:
Mazelike, having long corridors and passageways that seemingly have no exit.
Of or constituting a labyrinth
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