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1Designing — De*sign ing, a. Intriguing; artful; scheming; as, a designing man. [1913 Webster] …
2Designing — De*sign ing, n. The act of making designs or sketches; the act of forming designs or plans. [1913 Webster] …
3designing — index collusive, creation, deceptive, devious, dishonest, disingenuous, fraudulent, insidious, machiavell …
4designing — scheming, 1670s, from prp. of DESIGN (Cf. design) (q.v.) …
5designing — [adj] plotting, crafty artful, astute, conniving, conspiring, crooked, cunning, deceitful, devious, heedful, intriguing, Machiavellian, observant, scheming, sharp, shrewd, sly, treacherous, tricky, unscrupulous, wily; concept 542 Ant. aboveboard …
6designing — [di zīn′iŋ] adj. 1. that designs, or makes plans, patterns, etc. 2. scheming; crafty; artful n. the art or work of creating designs, patterns, etc …
7designing — un·designing; designing; …
8Designing — Design De*sign (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Designed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Designing}.] [F. d[ e]signer to designate, cf. F. dessiner to draw, dessin drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de + signare… …
9designing — adjective Date: 1653 1. practicing forethought 2. crafty, scheming < falling into the snares of a designing enemy Charles Dickens > …
10designing — 1 adjective someone who is designing tries to deceive people in order to get what they want 2 noun (U) design1 (1) …
