manipulative
Example Sentences
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Whether he was manipulative or just emotionally inconsistent, you felt pressured and indebted.
From MarketWatch
It’s a primitive but effective tactic identified by psychologists as one used by manipulative or narcissistic people.
From MarketWatch
There’s this question that’s open to interpretation of, are the others being manipulative, or are they sincere?
Marty and Rachel belong together, if only to quarantine their equally manipulative genes from the general population.
From Los Angeles Times
It is a term that describes manipulative tactics used to drive engagement online, with usage of it increasing threefold in the last 12 months, according to the dictionary publisher.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
