Associations to the word «Scheming»

Wiktionary

SCHEMING, verb. Present participle of scheme
SCHEMING, adjective. (pejorative) Tending to scheme.

Dictionary definition

SCHEMING, adjective. Used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community".
SCHEMING, adjective. Concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest; "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope