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View usage for: (mənɪpjʊlətɪv) adjectiveIf you describe someone as manipulative, you disapprove of them because they skilfully force or persuade people to act in the way that they want. [disapproval] He described Mr Long as cold, calculating and manipulative. The worker was promoted despite aggressive and manipulative behaviour. Synonyms: scheming, calculating, cunning, sly More Synonyms of manipulative Examples of 'manipulative' in a sentencemanipulative Leaders need to be manipulative and selfish at times.They are highly manipulative individuals who love to play mind games with you.The real challenge is to discuss changes with those manipulative individuals who cornered you to begin with.They were all manipulative and selfish.He is a manipulative cunning man.His demands on your daughter seem unreasonable, aggressive and emotionally manipulative.The wicked woman in yesterday's case was cunning and manipulative.He was manipulative and cunning, and would resort to anything to get his own way.A life tainted by tragedy has left her emotionally unstable, manipulative and messed up.But at the very least I think the evidence suggests that nasty and manipulative behaviour is not essential.Don't let's minimise his perverse and manipulative behaviour.He was a selfish, manipulative, evil man.Somehow he has mastered the art of conveying feeling, strong feeling, without seeming emotionally manipulative.These require you to face manipulative individuals, relinquish your rights unfairly or be exquisitely tactful when you'd be justified in blowing up. In other languagesmanipulative British English: manipulative ADJECTIVE If someone is manipulative, they skilfully force or persuade people to act in the way that they want. He described them as cold, calculating and manipulative. - American English: manipulative
- Brazilian Portuguese: manipulador
- Chinese: 操纵别人的
- European Spanish: manipulador
- French: manipulateur
- German: manupulativ
- Italian: manipolatore
- Japanese: >操るのがうまい人を
- Korean: 교활한
- European Portuguese: manipulador
- Latin American Spanish: manipulador
She described him as cold, calculating and manipulative. Synonyms slick unscrupulous guileful Additional synonymsDefinition cunning the smiles and artifices of someone subtly artful Synonyms cunning, designing, scheming, sharp, smart, clever, subtle, intriguing, tricky, shrewd, sly, wily, politic, crafty, foxy, deceitfulDefinition selfishly scheming He is a cool, calculating and clever criminal. Synonyms scheming, designing, sharp, shrewd, cunning, contriving, sly, canny, devious, manipulative, crafty, Machiavellian, politic, cautiousI think you are a greedy and conniving person. Synonyms scheming, designing, plotting, calculating, conspiring, contriving, caballing, collusive Nearby words ofmanipulative - manifesto
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Additional synonymsDefinition skilled in deception That crafty old devil had taken us all for a ride. Synonyms cunning, scheming, sly, devious, knowing, designing, sharp, calculating, subtle, tricky, shrewd, astute, fraudulent, canny, wily, insidious, artful, foxy, deceitful, duplicitous, tricksy, guilefulDefinition clever at deceiving He's a cunning, devious, good-for-nothing so-and-so. Synonyms crafty, knowing, sly, devious, artful, sharp, subtle, tricky, shrewd, astute, canny, wily, Machiavellian, shifty (informal), foxy, guilefulDefinition cunning and scheming the wily cunning of a designing hypocrite Synonyms scheming, plotting, intriguing, crooked (informal), shrewd, conspiring, cunning, sly, astute, treacherous, unscrupulous, devious, wily, crafty, artful, conniving, Machiavellian, deceitfulDefinition insincere and dishonest She tracked down the other woman by devious means. Synonyms sly, scheming, calculating, tricky, crooked (informal), indirect, treacherous, dishonest, wily, insidious, evasive, deceitful, underhand, insincere, surreptitious, double-dealing, not straightforward Definition dishonest and insincere his disingenuous claims of innocence Synonyms dishonest, cunning, sly, designing, wily, insidious, feigned, artful, two-faced, shifty (informal), deceitful, insincere, duplicitous, underhanded, guileful, uncandid Synonyms cunning, clever, tricky, sly, treacherous, wily, crafty, artful, sneaky, foxy, deceitful, underhand, duplicitous Definition cleverly deceitful and unscrupulous the Machiavellian and devious way decisions were made Synonyms scheming, cynical, shrewd, cunning, designing, intriguing, sly, astute, unscrupulous, wily, opportunist, crafty, artful, amoral, foxy, deceitful, underhand, double-dealing, perfidious (literary) Definition intelligent and making good judgments She's a shrewd businesswoman.a shrewd guess Synonyms astute, clever, sharp, knowing, fly (slang), keen, acute, smart, calculated, calculating, intelligent, discriminating, cunning, discerning, sly, canny, perceptive, wily, crafty, artful, far-sighted, far-seeing, long-headed (rare), perspicacious (formal), sagacious (formal) Definition not to be trusted a slippery customer Synonyms untrustworthy, tricky, cunning, false, treacherous, dishonest, devious, crafty, evasive, sneaky, two-faced, shifty (informal), foxy, duplicitous Definition secretive and skilled at deception He is devious, sly and manipulative. Synonyms cunning, scheming, devious, secret, clever, subtle, tricky, covert, astute, wily, insidious, crafty, artful, furtive, conniving, Machiavellian, shifty (informal), foxy, underhand, stealthy, guileful Seesly |