All casuistic synonyms
casΒ·uΒ·isΒ·tic
C c adj casuistic
- colorable β capable of being colored
- arrant β Arrant is used to emphasize that something or someone is very bad in some way.
- base β The base of something is its lowest edge or part.
- degraded β disgraced, debased, depraved, etc.
- degrading β causing humiliation; debasing
- disgraceful β bringing or deserving disgrace; shameful; dishonorable; disreputable.
- dishonorable β showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- mercenary β working or acting merely for money or other reward; venal.
- perfidious β deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- questionable β of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- recreant β cowardly or craven.
- scandalous β disgraceful; shameful or shocking; improper: scandalous behavior in public.
- scheming β given to making plans, especially sly and underhand ones; crafty.
- sinister β threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous: a sinister remark.
- two-faced β having two faces.
- unconscionable β not guided by conscience; unscrupulous.
- underhand β not open and aboveboard; secret and crafty or dishonorable: an underhand deal with the chief of police.
- unfair β not fair; not conforming to approved standards, as of justice, honesty, or ethics: an unfair law; an unfair wage policy.
- unprincipled β lacking or not based on moral scruples or principles: an unprincipled person; unprincipled behavior.
- unworthy β not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- wicked β evil or morally bad in principle or practice; sinful; iniquitous: wicked people; wicked habits.
- wrongful β unjust or unfair: a wrongful act; a wrongful charge.
- conscienceless β the inner sense of what is right or wrong in one's conduct or motives, impelling one toward right action: to follow the dictates of conscience.
- self-seeking β the seeking of one's own interest or selfish ends.
- self-exploited β to utilize, especially for profit; turn to practical account: to exploit a business opportunity.
- low-down β If someone gives you the low-down on a person or thing, they tell you all the important information about them.
- unconscientious β governed by conscience; controlled by or done according to one's inner sense of what is right; principled: She's a conscientious judge, who does not let personal prejudices influence her decisions.
- hairsplitting β the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
- prevaricative β to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.
- cunning β Someone who is cunning has the ability to achieve things in a clever way, often by deceiving other people.
- devious β If you describe someone as devious you do not like them because you think they are dishonest and like to keep things secret, often in a complicated way.
- fugitive β a person who is fleeing, from prosecution, intolerable circumstances, etc.; a runaway: a fugitive from justice; a fugitive from a dictatorial regime.
- greasy β smeared, covered, or soiled with grease.
- indirect β not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout: an indirect course in sailing.
- intangible β not tangible; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch, as incorporeal or immaterial things; impalpable.
- lying β the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
- oblique β neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.
- shifty β resourceful; fertile in expedients.
- slippery β tending or liable to cause slipping or sliding, as ice, oil, a wet surface, etc.: a slippery road.
- sly β cunning or wily: sly as a fox.
- dissembling β to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of: to dissemble one's incompetence in business.
- shuffling β moving in a dragging or clumsy manner.
- sophistical β of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- stonewalling β the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
- apocryphal β An apocryphal story is one which is probably not true or did not happen, but which may give a true picture of someone or something.
- delusive β tending to delude; misleading
adjective casuistic
- tricky β given to or characterized by deceitful tricks; crafty; wily.
- immoral β violating moral principles; not conforming to the patterns of conduct usually accepted or established as consistent with principles of personal and social ethics.
- dishonourable β showing lack of honor or integrity; ignoble; base; disgraceful; shameful: Cheating is dishonorable.
- trifling β of very little importance; trivial; insignificant: a trifling matter.