Definitions for cunning
ˈkʌn ɪŋcun·ning

Princeton's WordNet(2.80 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wilinessnoun

   shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

2. cunningadjective

   crafty artfulness (especially in deception)

3. cunning, cuteadjective

   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. crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wilyadjective

   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. clever, cunning, ingeniousadjective

   showing inventiveness and skill

   "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"

Webster Dictionary(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Cunningadjective

   knowing; skillful; dexterous

   Etymology: [AS. cunnung trial, or Icel. kunnandi knowledge. See Cunning, a.]

2. Cunningadjective

   wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as, cunning work

   Etymology: [AS. cunnung trial, or Icel. kunnandi knowledge. See Cunning, a.]

3. Cunningadjective

   crafty; sly; artful; designing; deceitful

   Etymology: [AS. cunnung trial, or Icel. kunnandi knowledge. See Cunning, a.]

4. Cunningadjective

   pretty or pleasing; as, a cunning little boy

   Etymology: [AS. cunnung trial, or Icel. kunnandi knowledge. See Cunning, a.]

5. Cunningadjective

   knowledge; art; skill; dexterity

   Etymology: [AS. cunnung trial, or Icel. kunnandi knowledge. See Cunning, a.]

6. Cunningadjective

   the faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft

   Etymology: [AS. cunnung trial, or Icel. kunnandi knowledge. See Cunning, a.]

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1. Cunning

   Cunning was a Japanese comedy duo from Fukuoka Prefecture. Cunning consisted of the pudgy, short-tempered Takanori Takeyama, and the rail-thin Tadayuki Nakashima. Known for his bursts of extreme anger, though said to be much more sedated off-camera, Takeyama is the boke of the unit. The tsukkomi, Nakashima, fell ill with leukemia in 2005 and took indefinite leave from work until his death from pneumonia on December 20, 2006, aged 35. The name of the duo, cunning, while meaning "sly" or "clever" in English, refers to the act of cheating on a test in Japanese.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Cunning

   kun′ing, adj. knowing: skilful: artful: crafty.—n. knowledge: skill: faculty of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose: artifice.—adv. Cunn′ingly.—n. Cunn′ingness, quality of being cunning: artfulness, slyness. [A.S. cunnan, to know.]

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1. cunning

   crafty

   Submitted by raulesparza6634 on September 23, 2019  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cunning in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cunning in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of cunning in a Sentence

1. Samuel Johnson:

   Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning.

2. Sheldon Adelson:

   He's extremely clever, and I think he's so clever and cunning he should be a fictional book writer.

3. Vikrant Parsai:

   A man one year elder to you is one cunning year elder to you.

4. Tatyana Omelchenko:

   They don't love us here. They think we do all these bad things, that we are cunning and wicked, there is definitely an anti-Russian atmosphere. We don't think it, we feel it.

5. Mwanandeke Kindembo:

   The devil may seem clever and cunning, but he is still a creature of God. Therefore, God must take all the credits, both good and bad. But that means nothing to Him.

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