Synonyms for hoodwinking


Grammar : Verb
Spell : hood-wingk
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʊdˌwɪŋk

Top 10 synonyms for hoodwinking Other synonyms for the word hoodwinking

Définition of hoodwinking

Origin :
  • 1560s, "to blindfold," from hood (n.1) + wink; figurative sense of "mislead, deceive" is c.1600. Related: Hoodwinked; hoodwinking.
  • verb deceive
Example sentences :
  • I don't know what to say, your hoodwinking me like this for so long!'
  • Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
  • But from the point of view of hoodwinking, that would be all to the good, wouldnt it?
  • Extract from : « Adrienne Toner » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • He did, in fact, succeed in hoodwinking some rich men of Smyrna.
  • Extract from : « History of the Jews, Vol. V (of 6) » by Heinrich Graetz
  • Cardinal Cicognara is hoodwinking the Pope and the whole city of Rome!'
  • Extract from : « Sarrasine » by Honore de Balzac
  • A clever adventuress would have little difficulty in hoodwinking her.
  • Extract from : « Who? » by Elizabeth Kent
  • That the boots at the hotel had not been hoodwinking me I felt assured in my own mind.
  • Extract from : « My Strangest Case » by Guy Boothby
  • He had been used for a purpose, the purpose of hoodwinking and deceiving the voters.
  • Extract from : « The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush » by Francis Lynde
  • But the old woman was painfully shrewd, and there was no hoodwinking her.
  • Extract from : « Jan of the Windmill » by Juliana Horatia Ewing
  • What if Don Guzman should be hoodwinking me, and that there was more behind his offer than I imagined?
  • Extract from : « The Kidnapped President » by Guy Boothby
  • But go to hoodwinking and imposing on him and instead of a lamb you'll find you've got a rattlesnake at your heels.
  • Extract from : « Walter and the Wireless » by Sara Ware Bassett

Antonyms for hoodwinking

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