Showing Results for "hoodwinking"

hoodwinking

ADJECTIVE

dishonest

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STRONGEST

corrupt crooked deceitful deceptive false fraudulent misleading shady sneaky underhanded unfair unprincipled unscrupulous untrustworthy

WEAK

backbiting bent bluffing cheating crafty cunning deceiving designing disreputable double-crossing double-dealing elusive guileful mendacious perfidious recreant shifty sinister slippery sneaking swindling traitorous treacherous tricky two-faced two-timing unctuous villainous wily

Antonyms

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aboveboard ethical fair faithful forthright frank genuine good honest honorable just moral open principled real reliable straight trustworthy truthful upright valid

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scrupulous

NOUN

feint

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ruse

STRONG

artifice bait blind bluff cheat deceit distraction dodge duck expedient fake gambit hoax imposture make believe maneuver play ploy pretension pretext sham shift snare stall stratagem subterfuge trick wile

WEAK

mock attack

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frankness honesty openness reality truth truthfulness

NOUN

fraud

Synonyms

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blackmail deceit extortion graft hoax misrepresentation scam

STRONG

artifice barratry cheat chicane chicanery con craft double-dealing dupery duplicity fake flimflam fraudulence guile hocus-pocus hustle imposture line racket sell shakedown sham skunk smoke song spuriousness sting swindle treachery

WEAK

bamboozlement duping fast one fast shuffle fourberie hanky-panky sharp practice song and dance swindling

Antonyms

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artlessness entertainment forthrightness frankness honesty openness reality sincerity truth truthfulness

WEAK

fairness justice

NOUN

ha-ha

Synonyms

STRONG

antic buffoonery burlesque caper caprice chestnut clowning drollery epigram escapade farce frolic gag gambol game horseplay humor jape jest lark laugh mischief mummery one-liner parody

WEAK

bon mot monkeyshine payof

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seriousness tragedy

NOUN

joke

Synonyms

STRONGEST

antic farce gag humor laugh one-liner parody prank pun stunt trick wisecrack

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buffoonery burlesque caper caprice chestnut clowning drollery epigram escapade frolic game ha-ha horseplay jape jest lark mischief mummery payoff play pleasantry put on quirk raillery repartee revel sally saw shenanigan sport spree tomfoolery vagary whimsy witticism yarn

WEAK

bon mot monkeyshine shaggy-dog story snow job

Antonyms

STRONGEST

seriousness tragedy

STRONG

work

Example Sentences

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Another example of agent Scott Boras hoodwinking one of their own, they said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2024

It is digital trickery, hoodwinking the brain into seeing something that isn't really there.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2023

Any con man keeps a special place in his black-hole heart for people who cannot, or will not, see how he is hoodwinking them.

From Salon • Sep. 23, 2022

At one point he sent for me, and I found him on his cellphone with someone on the crew, proposing a plot that, I soon gathered, involved hoodwinking Gilligan.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2022

But Seabiscuit could not be coaxed into showing any speed at all, and to find out if the horse was hoodwinking him, Fitzsimmons opted to make an exception to his nowhip rule.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

hoodwinking

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