knavish

knavish
    adj 1: marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for
           wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a
           slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a
           wily old attorney" [syn: {crafty}, {cunning}, {dodgy},
           {foxy}, {guileful}, {knavish}, {slick}, {sly}, {tricksy},
           {tricky}, {wily}]
    

Knavish \Knav"ish\, a.
   1. Like or characteristic of a knave[3]; given to knavery;
      trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish
      fellow, or a knavish trick. "Knavish politicians."
      --Macaulay.
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   2. Mischievous; roguish; waggish; rascally.
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            Cupid is knavish lad,
            Thus to make poor females mad.        --Shak.
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74 Moby Thesaurus words for "knavish":
      abominable, arch, arrant, atrocious, bad, base, black,
      blackguardly, blamable, blameworthy, criminal, damnable, dark,
      deceitful, degraded, devilish, disgraceful, elfish, elvish, evil,
      execrable, flagitious, flagrant, foolish, foul, full of mischief,
      heinous, high-spirited, impish, improper, infamous, iniquitous,
      low, lying, mendacious, mischief-loving, mischievous, monstrous,
      naughty, nefarious, notorious, peccant, playful, prankish,
      pranksome, pranky, puckish, rank, rascally, recreant,
      reprehensible, reprobate, roguish, scampish, scandalous,
      scapegrace, scoundrelly, shameful, shifty, sinful, sportive,
      trickish, tricksy, unforgivable, unpardonable, unspeakable,
      untruthful, unworthy, vicious, vile, villainous, waggish, wicked,
      wrong