Cunning
Cunning noun - Skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means.
Overreaching and cunning are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Overreaching" instead a noun "Cunning".
Nearby Word: cunningly
Overreaching
Overreaching adjective - Revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights.
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Synonyms for Overreaching
Cunning and overreaching are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cunning" instead a noun "Overreaching".
Nearby Words: overreach, overreached
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Related pairs
- deception and cunning
- deception and overreaching
- artifice and cunning
- artifice and overreaching
- cheating and cunning
- cheating and overreaching
- double-dealing and cunning
- double-dealing and overreaching
- craft and cunning
- craft and overreaching
- fraud and cunning
- fraud and overreaching
- dishonesty and cunning
- dishonesty and overreaching
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Both have personality quirks that occasionally make them do VERY STUPID things (the Mouser keeps getting carried away with his own love for his "cunning" and winds up overreaching himself, while Fafhrd is too fond of embracing his capacity for self-delusion) but both are smart AND tough.
Source: Brains and Brawn
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