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View synonyms for designing

designing

[ dih-zahy-ning ]

adjective

  1. scheming; intriguing; artful; crafty.

    Synonyms: sly, tricky, cunning, wily

  2. showing or using forethought.


noun

  1. the act or art of making designs.

designing

/ dɪˈzaɪnɪŋ /

adjective

  1. artful and scheming; conniving; crafty


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Derived Forms

  • deˈsigningly, adverb

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Other Words From

  • de·signing·ly adverb
  • well-de·signing adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of designing1

First recorded in 1610–20; design + -ing 2, -ing 1

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Example Sentences

And in 1939, the MOMA building opened that he was instrumental in designing and building.

It also forced banks to consider designing their own Internet money market funds to compete with Yu'E Bao.

He had been designing the outfits for the Paris-based company while they were performing in Rome.

The challenge is designing tools to help make that happen.

So we learned everything ourselves—designing circuit boards, coding—and persuaded fashion manufacturers to work with us.

Beware of ignorance which assumes the mask of knowledge, or of designing roguery which apes the appearance of innocence.

But her resolve melted when she saw him before designing Providence had led him into her path.

Architecture is often defined as the science and art of designing and constructing buildings or structures.

This rule has been revived in America, and appears to be increasingly relied on in bridge-designing.

These fables are the invention of designing churchmen who live on the superstitions of the ignorant.

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