Cunning Definition & Meaning
cunning
- adjective
- attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby"
- showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"
- noun
- shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
- crafty artfulness (especially in deception)
"Cunning" in song lyrics
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"Posse 2 Kid Dee is cunning"
C.I.A. (Ice Cube, Kid Dee, Sir Jinx) — My Posse -
"Blow me out the spot, not, but quite cunning"
Easy Mo Bee — Now or Never -
"Beautiful but deadly, she was mad cunning"
Random — Splash Woman
Words that rhyme with cunning
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- What does cunning mean?
- attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby" showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem" shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception crafty artfulness (especially in deception)
- What part of speech is cunning?
- Cunning is an adjective and a noun.
- How many definitions does cunning have?
- Cunning has 4 definitions across 2 parts of speech (adjective, noun).