Definitions of cunning [ˈkʌn ɪŋ]

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Definition of 'cunning'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) cunning
skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving; craftiness; guile.

2.  cunning
adeptness in performance; dexterity:
The weaver's hand lost its cunning.

3. (adj.) cunning
showing or made with ingenuity.

4.  cunning
artfully subtle or shrewd; crafty; sly.

5.  cunning
charmingly cute or appealing:
a cunning little baby.

6.  cunning
Archaic. skillful; expert.

Etymology: (1275–1325; (n.) ME; OE cunnung=cunn(an) to know (see can¹) +-ung -ing¹; (adj.) ME, prp. of cunnan to know)

Definition of 'cunning'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness
shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

2. (adj) cunning
crafty artfulness (especially in deception)

3. (adj) cunning, cute
attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
"a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby"

4. (adj) crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
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"

5. (adj) clever, cunning, ingenious
showing inventiveness and skill
"a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"

Definition of 'cunning'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) cunning
knowing; skillful; dexterous

2. (adj) cunning
wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as, cunning work

3. (adj) cunning
crafty; sly; artful; designing; deceitful

4. (adj) cunning
pretty or pleasing; as, a cunning little boy

5. (adj) cunning
knowledge; art; skill; dexterity

6. (adj) cunning
the faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft

Translation of 'cunning'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: sly; clever in a deceitful way cunning tricks.
Afrikaans: slu, geslepe, listig	Arabic: مُحْتال، ماكِر	Bulgarian: лукав
Brazilian: velhaco	Czech: mazaný, vychytralý	German: listig
Danish: snedig; snu; udspekuleret	Greek: πονηρός, που μπορεί να εξ	Spanish: astuto
Estonian: petislik	Farsi: فریبکار؛ مکار	Finnish: juonikas
French: rusé	Hebrew: עַרמוּמִי	Hindi: चालाक
Croatian: lukav	Hungarian: ravasz	Indonesian: licik
Icelandic: lúmskur	Italian: furbo	Japanese: ずるい
Korean: 교활함, 간사함	Lithuanian: gudrus, apsukrus, apgauli	Latvian: viltīgs
Malay: bijak	Dutch: sluw	Norwegian: slu, listig
Polish: chytry	Persian: فریبکار؛ مکار	Pashto: فریبکار، مکار، چالاک
Portuguese: velhaco	Romanian: şiret	Russian: ловкий
Slovak: prefíkaný	Slovenian: premeten	Serbian: lukav
Swedish: slug, listig	Thai: เจ้าเล่ห์	Turkish: hilekâr, kurnaz
Taiwanese: 狡猾的	Ukrainian: хитрий; підступний	Urdu: فريبى، عيار، چالباز
Vietnamese: xảo quyệt	Chinese: 狡猾的
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