Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun deviousness
2 senses of deviousness
Sense 1
deviousness, obliqueness -- (the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly)
=> indirectness -- (having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal)
Sense 2
crookedness, deviousness -- (the quality of being deceitful and underhanded)
=> dishonesty -- (the quality of being dishonest)