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Synonyms for erring
adj mistakenamiss
adjective. wrong; defective
at fault
adjective. deserving blame
devious
adjective. dishonest, crafty
- artful
- calculating
- crooked
- deceitful
- double-dealing
- duplicitous
- errant
- erring
- evasive
- faking one out
- fishy
- foxy
- fraudulent
- guileful
- indirect
- insidious
- insincere
- not straightforward
- oblique
- obliquitous
- playing games
- playing politics
- put on
- roundabout
- scheming
- shady
- shifty
- shrewd
- sly
- sneaking
- sneaky
- surreptitious
- treacherous
- tricky
- underhanded
- wily
errant
adjective. wrong; deviant
guilty
adjective. blameworthy; found at fault
- accusable
- caught
- censurable
- censured
- chargeable
- condemned
- conscience-stricken
- contrite
- convictable
- convicted
- criminal
- culpable
- damned
- delinquent
- depraved
- doomed
- erring
- evil
- felonious
- hangdog
- impeached
- in error
- in the wrong
- incriminated
- iniquitous
- judged
- liable
- licentious
- offending
- on one's head
- out of line
- proscribed
- regretful
- remorseful
- reprehensible
- responsible
- rueful
- sentenced
- sheepish
- sinful
- sorry
- wicked
- wrong
more devious
adjective. dishonest, crafty
- artful
- calculating
- crooked
- deceitful
- double-dealing
- duplicitous
- errant
- erring
- evasive
- faking one out
- fishy
- foxy
- fraudulent
- guileful
- indirect
- insidious
- insincere
- not straightforward
- oblique
- obliquitous
- playing games
- playing politics
- put on
- roundabout
- scheming
- shady
- shifty
- shrewd
- sly
- sneaking
- sneaky
- surreptitious
- treacherous
- tricky
- underhanded
- wily
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