Machinations, hollowneſſe, treacherie, and all ruinous diſorders follow vs diſquietly to our Graues.
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Machination
//ˌmækɪˈneɪʃən//
Synonyms for "machination" (75 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (23)
Related words (37)
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7 entriesTranslations
69 translations across 23 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- մեքենայություն noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
- մեքենայություն noun (act of machinating)
Belarusian
4 entries- заме́ры noun (act of machinating)
- махіна́цыя noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
- падсе́ды noun (act of machinating)
- хі́трыкі noun (act of machinating)
Bulgarian
2 entries- интри́га noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
- машина́ция noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 奸計 noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
- 奸計 noun (act of machinating)
- 暗算 noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
- 暗算 noun (act of machinating)
Czech
1 entries- machinace noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
Finnish
2 entries- masinointi noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
- masinointi noun (act of machinating)
French
1 entries- machination noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
German
1 entries- Machenschaft noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
Greek
4 entries- δολοπλοκία noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
- μηχανορραφία noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
- πλεκτάνη noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
- σκευωρία noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
Hungarian
4 entries- fondorlat noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
- machináció noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
- machináció noun (act of machinating)
- mesterkedés noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
Icelandic
2 entries- leynimakk noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
- ráðabrugg noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
Italian
4 entries- complotto noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
- complotto noun (act of machinating)
- cospirazione noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
- intrigo noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
Japanese
2 entries- 策動 noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
- 策謀 noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
Korean
1 entries- 권모술수 noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
Macedonian
3 entries- и́нтрига noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
- махина́ција noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
- спле́тка noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- فتنه noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
- فساد noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
Polish
1 entries- machinacja noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
Portuguese
2 entries- maquinação noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
- maquinação noun (act of machinating)
Russian
4 entries- интри́га noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
- ко́зни noun (act of machinating)
- махина́ция noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
- махина́ция noun (act of machinating)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- mahinácija noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
- makinácija noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
- splȅtka noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
- макина́ција noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
Spanish
2 entries- maquinación noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
- maquinación noun (act of machinating)
Swedish
1 entries- ränker noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
Ukrainian
4 entries- за́міри noun (act of machinating)
- махіна́ція noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
- пі́дступи noun (act of machinating)
- інтри́га noun (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
Sample sentences
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He witnessed her palpitating bosom, the lifeless hues and disconsolate expression of her interesting countenance; yet, from the machinations of his evil passions, he would have proceeded further, until, entirely overcome, he had seen her drop motionless in her chair, in order that he might have the luxury of supporting her within his arms, and of recalling her to a sense of life and being.
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PATRICK: The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma.
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