English-Thai Dictionary

devious

ADJ ซึ่ง หลอกลวง  ซึ่ง ไม่จริงใจ  insidiou deviou honest open sueng-lok-luang

 

deviously

ADV อย่าง ไม่จริงใจ  อย่าง เสแสร้ง  yang-mai-jing-jai

 

deviousness

N การ หลอกลวง  ความ ไม่จริงใจ  fishiness shadiness twistiness kan-lok-luang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEVIOUS

a.[L., way. ] 1. Out of the common way or track; as a devious course.
2. Wandering; roving; rambling.
To bless the wildly devious morning walk.
3. Erring; going astray from rectitude or the divine precepts.
One devious step at first may lead into a course of habitual vice.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEVIOUS

De "vi *ous, a. Etym: [L. devius; de + via way. See Viaduct. ]

 

1. Out of a straight line; winding; varying from directness; as, a devious path or way.

 

2. Going out of the right or common course; going astray; erring; wandering; as, a devious step.

 

Syn. -- Wandering; roving; rambling; vagrant. -- De "vi *ous *ly, adv. -- De "vi *ous *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

devious

de vi ous |ˈdēvēəs ˈdiviəs | ▶adjective 1 showing a skillful use of underhanded tactics to achieve goals: he's as devious as a politician needs to be | they have devious ways of making money. 2 (of a route or journey ) longer and less direct than the most straightforward way: they arrived at the town by a devious route. DERIVATIVES de vi ous ly adverb, de vi ous ness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin devius (from de- ‘away from ’ + via ‘way ’) + -ous. The original sense was ‘remote or sequestered ’; the later sense ‘departing from the direct route ’ gave rise to the figurative sense ‘deviating from the straight way ’ and hence ‘skilled in underhanded tactics. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

devious

devious |ˈdiːvɪəs | ▶adjective 1 showing a skilful use of underhand tactics to achieve goals: he's as devious as a politician needs to be | they have devious ways of making money. 2 (of a route or journey ) longer and less direct than the most straightforward way. DERIVATIVES deviously adverb, deviousness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin devius (from de- ‘away from ’ + via ‘way ’) + -ous. The original sense was ‘remote ’; the later sense ‘departing from the direct route ’ gave rise to the figurative sense ‘deviating from the straight way ’ and hence ‘skilled in underhand tactics ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

devious

devious adjective 1 the devious ways in which they bent the rules: underhanded, deceitful, dishonest, dishonorable, unethical, unprincipled, immoral, unscrupulous, fraudulent, dubious, unfair, treacherous, duplicitous; crafty, cunning, calculating, artful, conniving, scheming, sly, wily; sneaky, furtive, secret, clandestine, surreptitious, covert, snide; informal crooked, shady, dirty, lowdown. 2 a devious route around the coast: circuitous, roundabout, indirect, meandering, winding, tortuous.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

devious

devious adjective 1 he exposed the many devious ways in which governments bent the rules in their favour: underhand, underhanded, deceitful, dishonest, dishonourable, disreputable, unethical, unprincipled, immoral, unscrupulous, fraudulent, cheating, dubious, dirty, unfair, treacherous, duplicitous, double-dealing, below the belt, two-timing, two-faced, unsporting, unsportsmanlike; crafty, cunning, calculating, artful, conniving, scheming, designing, sly, wily, guileful, tricky; sneaky, sneaking, furtive, secret, secretive, clandestine, surreptitious, covert, veiled, shrouded, cloak-and-dagger, hugger-mugger, hole-and-corner, hidden, back-alley, backstairs, under the table, conspiratorial; N. Amer. snide, snidey; informal crooked, shady, bent, low-down, murky, fishy; Brit. informal dodgy; Austral. /NZ informal shonky; S. African informal slim. ANTONYMS above board. 2 the A832 is a devious route around the coastal fringes: circuitous, roundabout, indirect, meandering, winding, serpentine, tortuous, rambling; rare anfractuous. ANTONYMS direct.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

devious

de vi ous /díːviəs /形容詞 1 〈人 行為などが 〉悪質な, 悪賢い .2 〈人などが 〉ひねくれた, 素直でない .3 ｟かたく ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗遠回りの 〈道など 〉.4 回りくどい ; 〈やり方などが 〉常道をはずれた .～ly 副詞 よこしまに ; 遠回りして .～ness 名詞 U 不正, ごまかし .