Found 4 items, similar to Cunning.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: cunning
akal, cerdik, kecerdikan, kelicikan
Indonesian → English (quick)
Definition: cun
inch, kiss
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: cunning
cunning
n 1: shrewdness in deception;
“as cunning as a fox”
2: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
[syn:
craft,
craftiness,
foxiness,
guile,
slyness,
wiliness]
3: drafty artfulness (especially in deception)
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” [syn:
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 Dik”;
“a
wily old attorney” [syn:
crafty,
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” [syn:
clever,
ingenious]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Cunning
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.
“Acunning 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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