| Main Entry: | dirty work |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unpleasant or tedious work |
Synonyms: |
donkey work, grunt work, scut work, shitwork, thankless task |
| Main Entry: | deceit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | particular type of trick, misleading |
Synonyms: |
artifice, blind, cheat, chicanery, crocodile tears, deception, dirty trick, dirty work, duplicity, fake, feint, flimflam, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, imposture, misrepresentation, pretense, ruse, sell, sellout, sham, shift, smoke and mirrors, snow job, soft soap, spoof, stratagem, subterfuge, sweet talk, swindle, trick, whitewash, wile |
| Main Entry: | duplicity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deception |
Synonyms: |
Judas kiss, artifice, chicanery, cunning, deceit, dirty dealing, dirty pool, dirty trick, dirty work, dishonesty, dissemblance, dissimulation, double-dealing, dualism, duality, faithlessness, falsehood, fraud, guile, hypocrisy, one-upmanship, perfidiousness, perfidy, skullduggery, stab in back, treacherousness, treachery, two-facedness, twoness |
| Notes: | duplicity implies double-dealing while chicanery suggests trickery and wiliness |
Antonyms: |
forthrightness, honesty, trustworthiness |
| Main Entry: | foul play |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | treacherous action |
Synonyms: |
bad deed, corruption, crime, cruel act, dirty trick, dirty work, felony, fraud, funny business, lawbreaking, murder, violence, wrong |
| Main Entry: | guile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slyness, cleverness |
Synonyms: |
artfulness, artifice, chicanery, craft, craftiness, cunning, deceit, deception, dirty dealing, dirty pool, dirty trick, dirty work, dishonesty, dissemblance, dissimulation, double-cross, duplicity, foul play, jive, run-around, ruse, sellout, sharp practice, stab in the back, treachery, trickery, trickiness, wiliness |
Antonyms: |
artlessness, frankness, honesty, naivety, openness, sincerity |
| Main Entry: | machination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maneuver, plot |
Synonyms: |
artifice, cabal, conspiracy, design, device, dirty work, dodge*, intrigue, monkey business, on the make, ploy, practice, ruse, scheme, sellout, skullduggery, song and dance, stratagem, trick |
| Main Entry: | treachery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disloyalty, dishonesty |
Synonyms: |
betrayal, bunco, corruption, dirty dealing, dirty pool, dirty trick, dirty work, disaffection, dodge, double-cross, double-dealing, duplicity, faithlessness, fake, falseness, fast shuffle, flimflam, grift, gyp, infidelity, perfidiousness, perfidy, put-on, racket, recreancy, scam*, sellout, shell game, skin game, spoof, stab in the back, sweet talk, treacherousness, treason, two-timing, whitewash |
Antonyms: |
constancy, devotion, faithfulness, fidelity, honesty, love, loyalty |
| Main Entry: | dirty pool |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unfair or dishonest conduct |
Synonyms: |
conjuration, dirty game, dirty politics, dirty tricks, dirty work, escamotage, foul play, jugglery, legerdemain, mudslinging, prestidigitation, sleight of hand, smoke and mirrors, trickery |
| Main Entry: | donkey work |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unpleasant or tedious work |
Synonyms: |
dirty work, grunt work, scut work, shitwork, thankless task |
| Main Entry: | unskilled labor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manual labor |
Synonyms: |
common labor, dirty work, gruntwork, manual work, physical work, unskilled work |