All tricky synonyms
trickΒ·y
T t adj tricky
- guileful β insidiously cunning; artfully deceptive; wily.
- cunning β Someone who is cunning has the ability to achieve things in a clever way, often by deceiving other people.
- collusive β Collusive behaviour involves secret or illegal co-operation, especially between countries or organizations.
- dickens β Charles (John Huffam), pen name Boz. 1812β70, English novelist, famous for the humour and sympathy of his characterization and his criticism of social injustice. His major works include The Pickwick Papers (1837), Oliver Twist (1839), Nicholas Nickleby (1839), Old Curiosity Shop (1840β41), Martin Chuzzlewit (1844), David Copperfield (1850), Bleak House (1853), Little Dorrit (1857), and Great Expectations (1861)
- in the know β to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
- intricate β having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved: an intricate maze.
- fluctuant β fluctuating; varying; unstable.
- knotty β having knots; full of knots: a knotty piece of wood.
- fair-weather β used in or intended for fair weather only.
- demagogic β If you say that someone such as a politician is demagogic, you are criticizing them because you think they try to win people's support by appealing to their emotions rather than using reasonable arguments.
- delicate β Something that is delicate is small and beautifully shaped.
- mazy β full of confusing turns, passages, etc.; like a maze; labyrinthine.
- chancy β Something that is chancy involves a lot of risk or uncertainty.
- dodgy β inclined to dodge.
- hypersensitive β excessively sensitive: to be hypersensitive to criticism.
- impugnable β to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
- daedal β skilful or intricate
- deep β If something is deep, it extends a long way down from the ground or from the top surface of something.
- designing β artful and scheming; conniving; crafty
- deceitful β If you say that someone is deceitful, you mean that they behave in a dishonest way by making other people believe something that is not true.
- disingenuous β lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere: Her excuse was rather disingenuous.
- 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.
- dishonest β not honest; disposed to lie, cheat, or steal; not worthy of trust or belief: a dishonest person.
- hair-trigger β easily activated or set off; reacting immediately to the slightest provocation or cause: a hair-trigger temper.
- crafty β If you describe someone as crafty, you mean that they achieve what they want in a clever way, often by deceiving people.
- double-dealing β duplicity; treachery; deception.
- dicey β Something that is dicey is slightly dangerous or uncertain.
- brambly β having or resembling brambles.
- high tech β high technology.
- high-tech β high technology.
- mischievous β maliciously or playfully annoying.
- foxy β foxlike; cunning or crafty; slyly clever.
adjective tricky
- machiavellian β of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
- evasive β Tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, esp. by responding only indirectly.
- astucious β Subtle; cunning; astute.
- duplicitous β marked or characterized by duplicity.
- discommodious β Not commodious; uncomfortable.
- fiddly β Complicated or detailed and awkward to do or use.
- infestive β Tending to infest; acting like an infection.
- nodulous β having nodules.
- wiggly β wiggling: a wiggly child.
- messy β characterized by a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: a messy room.
- argute β (of sounds) shrill
- casuistic β of or having to do with casuistry or casuists
- casuistical β Casuistic.
- awkward β An awkward situation is embarrassing and difficult to deal with.
- emotionable β (rare, of a person or group or of their behavior or faculties) Particularly expressive of or affected by emotion.
- fiendish β diabolically cruel and wicked.
- exigent β Pressing ; demanding.
- niggling β petty; trivial; inconsequential: to quibble about a niggling difference in terminology.