fiddling

[fid-ling] / ˈfɪd lɪŋ /

NOUN

corruption

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bribery crime exploitation extortion fraud graft malfeasance nepotism

STRONG

crookedness demoralization jobbery misrepresentation payoff payola racket shadiness shuffle skimming squeeze unscrupulousness venality

WEAK

breach of trust bribing fraudulency on the take profiteering shady deal

Antonyms

WEAK

cleanliness cleanness decency goodness honesty honor kindness pureness purification purity sterility truthfulness wholesomeness

NOUN

villainousness

Synonyms

STRONG

bestiality bribery crime crookedness demoralization depravity exploitation extortion fraud graft immorality jobbery malfeasance misrepresentation nepotism payoff payola perversion racket shadiness shuffle skimming squeeze turpitude unscrupulousness venality vice villainy wickedness

WEAK

breach of trust bribing flagitiousness fraudulency on the take profiteering shady deal

Antonyms

STRONG

justice virtue

Example Sentences

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Neville is skeptical that businesses will be fiddling around with AI products to create their own cybersecurity.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

She pauses, fiddling with her red-framed reading glasses.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Researchers quietly work away, fiddling with parts of the machine.

From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025

Lu Heng began fiddling with the internet as a boy growing up in Shipu, a fishing village in China.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

She turns the engine on and starts fiddling with some of the knobs.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy