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)

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