Scheming - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈskiːmɪŋ|
Brit.
|ˈskiːmɪŋ|
adjective
- acting with a specific goal (syn: calculating, calculative, shrewd)
- concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest (syn: designing)
- concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest (syn: designing)
a scheming wife
a scheming gold digger
a scheming gold digger
Extra examples
...the novel is about an elderly man and his scheming son who is impatient to inherit the family fortune...
He felt that the other men were scheming against him.
He was betrayed by a scheming friend.
The bride's family were scheming to prevent a wedding.
He became aware that people were scheming against him and called an emergency meeting.
She's nothing but a lying, scheming little monster!
He made her uneasy, as if he could see right through to the deeps of her scheming soul. (F.M. Hendry, Quest For a Babe)
Many politicians are mostly concerned with scheming for personal power.
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