The meaning of Conniving

Conniving – definition

adjective
Given to or involved in conspiring to do something immoral, illegal, or harmful.
Usage examples:
A heartless and conniving person

verb
Secretly allow (something immoral, illegal, or harmful) to occur.
Usage examples:
I did not connive in the production of these documents
Synonims:
Deliberately ignore Overlook Not take into consideration Disregard Pass over Gloss over Take no notice of Take no account of Make allowances for Turn a blind eye to Close/shut one's eyes to W

adjective
Planning secretly, esp. in doing something wrong
Usage examples:
A cold, conniving man

Conniving translation into English

Conniving: translate from English into Chinese

纵容, 放纵, 姑息, 放任, 帮助, 促进, 促使, 协助

Conniving: translate from English into Dutch

Samenzwering, Oogluikend toezien, Oogluiken

Conniving: translate from English into French

Complice, Fermer les yeux, Être complice de, Grenouiller

Conniving: translate from English into German

Hinterhältig, Dulden, Sich verschwören, Gemeinsame sachen machen

Conniving: translate from English into Hindi

सांठगांठ, बढ़ावा देना, प्रशय देना, आनाकानी करना

Conniving: translate from English into Italian

Connivente

Conniving: translate from English into Korean

묵인, 못 본 체하다

Conniving: translate from English into Russian

Попустительство, Потворствовать, Попустительствовать, Смотреть сквозь пальцы

Conniving: translate from English into Spanish

Intrigante, Conspirar, Hacer la vista gorda

Word origin

early 17th century: from French conniver or Latin connivere ‘shut the eyes (to)’, from con- ‘together’ + an unrecorded word related to nictare ‘to wink’.

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Conniving – similar words

connivances

noun
Willingness to allow or be secretly involved in an immoral or illegal act.
Usage examples:
This infringement of the law had taken place with the connivance of officials

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connivance

noun
Willingness to allow or be secretly involved in an immoral or illegal act.
Usage examples:
This infringement of the law had taken place with the connivance of officials

noun
The act of conniving, especially by knowing that something bad is happening and allowing it to continue
Usage examples:
Their appalling treatment of their child could only have happened with the connivance of their neig…

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Conniving synonims

disregard

verb
Pay no attention to; ignore.
Usage examples:
The body of evidence is too substantial to disregard

noun
The action or state of paying no attention to something.
Usage examples:
Blatant disregard for the law

noun
Lack of consideration or respect
Usage examples:
The writer has shown a reckless disregard for the truth., the jury was told to disregard the commen…

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overlook

verb
Fail to notice.
Usage examples:
He seems to have overlooked one important fact

noun
A commanding position or view.
Usage examples:
The overlook to the townsite

verb
To have or give a view of something from above
Usage examples:
Our hotel room overlooked the harbor., his film was nominated for an oscar, but reiner himself was …

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w

wɒt

abbreviation
Weight.

noun
The twenty-third letter of the alphabet.

noun
The chemical element of atomic number 74, a hard steel-grey metal of the transition series. it has a very high melting point (3410°c) and is used to make electric light filaments.

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