devious

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːvi.əs/

  Rhymes: -iːviəs

Adjective

devious (comparative more devious, superlative most devious)

1. Deviating; not straightforward or honest, not frank; not standard.
   • 1839, Frederick Marryat, The Phantom Ship

     Keeping close in to the shore, they discovered, after two hours run, a fresh stream which burst in a cascade from the mountains, and swept its devious course through the jungle, until it poured its tribute into the waters of the Strait.

Translations

Deviating; not straightforward, not honest, not frank; not standard

• Bulgarian: околен (bg) (okolen), лъкатушен (bg) (lǎkatušen), непряк (bg) (neprjak)
• Dutch: heimelijk (nl), onoprecht (nl), kronkelend (nl)
• Finnish: kiero (fi), katala (fi), petollinen (fi)
• French: rusé (fr), roublard (fr) m, sournois (fr) m
• German: unaufrichtig (de), verschlagen (de), durchtrieben (de), link (de), doppelzüngig, undurchsichtig (de), irrig (de), gewunden (de), abwegig (de), hinterhältig (de), indirekt (de), krumm (de)

• Hebrew: עקלקל‎ (akalkál)
• Hungarian: fondorlatos (hu), nem egyenes
• Polish: przebiegły (pl), podstępny (pl) m
• Russian: окольный (ru) (okolʹnyj), нече́стный (ru) (nečéstnyj), неискренний (ru) (neiskrennij)
• Spanish: tortuoso (es), falso (es), marrullero (es)