Tricky vs. Cunning
Tricky and Cunning Definitions
Tricky
Given to or characterized by trickery.
Cunning
Marked by or given to artful subtlety and deceptiveness.
Tricky
Requiring caution or skill
A tricky recipe.
Cunning
Executed with or exhibiting ingenuity.
Tricky
Hard to deal with, complicated
They were in a tricky situation.
Cunning
Delicately pleasing; pretty or cute
A cunning pet.
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Tricky
Adept at using deception
A tricky salesman can sell anything.
Cunning
Skill in deception; guile.
Tricky
Relating to or associated with a prostitution trick
I don't want any of your tricky money, thank you!
Cunning
Skill or adeptness in execution or performance; dexterity.
Tricky
Given to tricks; practicing deception; trickish; knavish.
Cunning
Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
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Tricky
Not to be trusted;
How extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is
They called Reagan the teflon president because mud never stuck to him
Cunning
(obsolete) Skillful, artful.
Tricky
Having concealed difficulty;
A catchy question
A tricky recipe to follow
Cunning
(obsolete) Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious.
Cunning work
Tricky
Marked by skill in deception;
Cunning men often pass for wise
Deep political machinations
A foxy scheme
A slick evasive answer
Sly as a fox
Tricky Dik
A wily old attorney
Cunning
Cute, appealing.
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Cunning
Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.
Cunning
Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit; art or magic.
Cunning
The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.
Cunning
The natural wit or instincts of an animal.
The cunning of the fox or hare
Cunning
(obsolete) Knowledge; learning; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge).
Cunning
Knowing; skillful; dexterous.
"Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and whiteNature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on.
Esau was a cunning hunter.
Cunning
Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as, cunning work.
Over them Arachne high did lift
Cunning
Crafty; sly; artful; designing; deceitful.
They are resolved to be cunning; let others run the hazard of being sincere.
Cunning
Pretty or pleasing; as, a cunning little boy.
Cunning
Knowledge; art; skill; dexterity.
Let my right hand forget her cunning.
A carpenter's desertStands more in cunning than in power.
Cunning
The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft.
Discourage cunning in a child; cunning is the ape of wisdom.
We take cunning for a sinister or crooked wisdom.
Cunning
Shrewdness in deception;
As cunning as a fox
Cunning
Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
Cunning
Drafty artfulness (especially in deception)
Cunning
Attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness;
A cute kid with pigtails
A cute little apartment
Cunning kittens
A cunning baby
Cunning
Marked by skill in deception;
Cunning men often pass for wise
Deep political machinations
A foxy scheme
A slick evasive answer
Sly as a fox
Tricky Dik
A wily old attorney
Cunning
Showing inventiveness and skill;
A clever gadget
The cunning maneuvers leading to his success
An ingenious solution to the problem
