He's cunning and manipulative.
Source: tatoeba (1806175)
Manipulative
//məˈnɪp.jə.leɪ.tɪv//
Synonyms for "manipulative" (5 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Related words (2)
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1 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
22 translations across 16 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- manipulador adj (describing a person who manipulates others)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 工於心計 /工于心计 adj (describing a person who manipulates others)
Dutch
1 entries- manipulatief adj (describing a person who manipulates others)
Esperanto
1 entries- manipulema adj (describing a person who manipulates others)
Finnish
1 entries- manipuloiva adj (describing a person who manipulates others)
French
1 entries- manipulateur adj (describing a person who manipulates others)
German
1 entries- manipulativ adj (describing a person who manipulates others)
Japanese
1 entries- 操作的 adj (describing a person who manipulates others)
Polish
2 entries- manipulacyjny adj (describing a person who manipulates others)
- manipulujący adj (describing a person who manipulates others)
Portuguese
2 entries- manipulador adj (describing a person who manipulates others)
- manipulativo adj (describing a person who manipulates others)
Romanian
1 entries- manipulator m or n de persoane adj (describing a person who manipulates others)
Russian
1 entries- манипуляти́вный adj (describing a person who manipulates others)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- brath-foilleil adj (describing a person who manipulates others)
- carach adj (describing a person who manipulates others)
- clìceach adj (describing a person who manipulates others)
- cuilbheartach adj (describing a person who manipulates others)
Spanish
1 entries- manipulador adj (describing a person who manipulates others)
Swedish
1 entries- manipulativ adj (describing a person who manipulates others)
Yiddish
2 entries- מאַניפּולאַטיוו adj (describing a person who manipulates others)
- מאַניפּולירנדיק adj (describing a person who manipulates others)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
She's manipulative.
Source: tatoeba (1806176)
Tom is manipulative.
Source: tatoeba (2203066)
You're manipulative.
Source: tatoeba (2203067)
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