Cunning
Mendacious
Mendacious adjective - Telling or containing lies.
Cunning and mendacious are semantically related in dishonest topic. Sometimes you can use "Cunning" instead an adjective "Mendacious".
Nearby Words: mendacity, mendaciously
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sly and cunning
- sly and mendacious
- designing and cunning
- designing and mendacious
- crafty and cunning
- crafty and mendacious
- dishonest and cunning
- dishonest and mendacious
- slippery and cunning
- slippery and mendacious
- slick and cunning
- slick and mendacious
- treacherous and cunning
- treacherous and mendacious
Both words in one sentence
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For example, Marissa is both The Big Bad Wolf (obsessed with her teeth, pursues a little girl, emerges from a wolf's maw in the climax) and the Cunning Vixen (red-headed, crafty and mendacious).
Source: Film / Hanna
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