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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca