Manipulative
Manipulative adjective - Skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage.
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Questionable and manipulative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Questionable" instead an adjective "Manipulative".
Questionable
Questionable adjective - Giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged.
Manipulative and questionable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Manipulative" instead an adjective "Questionable".
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Even if you put aside their selfish motives, the team's remarkably deceptive and manipulative methods are morally questionable, to say the least.
Source: Film / Inception - Pucci has Undying Loyalty to DIO, with some questionable undertones for a priest, is manipulative, and is an "evil that didn't know he was evil" kind of villain.
Source: Contrasting Sequel Antagonist -
Anti-Villain: Shinji is a manipulative jerkass, makes very questionable things... however his greatest desire is being loved, and he makes bad things to protect or avenge people he cares about.In the end, all I really wanted was someone warm at my side at night.
Source: Fan Fic / Thousand Shinji
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