'Sneaking' definitions:
Definition of 'sneaking'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not openly expressed; "a sneaking suspicion" [syn: sneaking(a), unavowed]
Definition of 'Sneaking'
From: GCIDE
- Sneak \Sneak\ (sn[=e]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sneaked (sn[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Sneaking.] [OE. sniken, AS. sn[imac]can to creep; akin to Dan. snige sig; cf. Icel. sn[imac]kja to hanker after.]
- 1. To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company. [1913 Webster]
- You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with meanness and servility; to crouch. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sneaking'
From: GCIDE
- Sneaking \Sneak"ing\, a. Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching. -- {Sneak"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Sneak"ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sneaking'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- all fours,
- back-door,
- backstairs,
- clandestine,
- covert,
- cowering,
- crawl,
- crawling,
- creep,
- creeping,
- cringing,
- deep-rooted,
- deep-seated,
- devious,
- doggo,
- duplicitous,
- feline,
- furtive,
- guileful,
- gumshoeing,
- gut,
- hidden,
- hidden out,
- hidlings,
- hole-and-corner,
- hugger-mugger,
- in ambush,
- in hiding,
- in the wings,
- indirect,
- inherent,
- innate,
- intuitive,
- lingering,
- lurking,
- nagging,
- niggling,
- nightwalking,
- on tiptoe,
- padding,
- persistent,
- private,
- privy,
- prowling,
- pussyfoot,
- pussyfooted,
- pussyfooting,
- quailing,
- quiet,
- scrabble,
- scramble,
- secret,
- shifty,
- sidling,
- skulking,
- slinking,
- slinky,
- sly,
- snaking,
- sneaky,
- stealing,
- stealthy,
- suppressed,
- surreptitious,
- tippytoe,
- tiptoe,
- tiptoeing,
- undeclared,
- under cover,
- under-the-counter,
- under-the-table,
- undercover,
- underground,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- undisclosed,
- undivulged,
- unexpressed,
- unobtrusive,
- unrevealed,
- unvoiced,
- waiting concealed,
- worming,
- worrisome,
- worrying