Designing (Adjective)
Meaning
Concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest; "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- A clever yet designing politician often manipulates public opinion to suit his own agenda.
- The designing executive carefully crafted a business plan that prioritized her own bonuses over the company's profits.
- Her friends suspected that she was a designing social climber with a hidden motive behind every friendly gesture.
- Throughout history, many kingdoms fell due to the strategies of designing advisors working against their monarchs.
- In her designing nature, the businesswoman used her charm to lure investors into supporting her failing venture.