| acting |
false behavior or deliberate imitation; pretense; pretending. [1/5 definitions] |
| bring |
to cause to occur or change by way of persuasion, deliberate force, or natural consequences. [1/3 definitions] |
| brood |
to ponder or deliberate, often moodily, a single subject (usu. fol. by "on" or "over"). [1/7 definitions] |
| calculation |
deliberate scheming. [1/4 definitions] |
| cold shoulder |
a deliberate display of unresponsiveness or indifference, intended as a snub. |
| confer |
to deliberate together; hold a discussion. [1/2 definitions] |
| conscious |
fully intended; deliberate. [1/3 definitions] |
| consult |
to deliberate; confer (usu. fol. by "with"). [1/4 definitions] |
| dereliction |
deliberate failure to fulfill one's responsibilities or obligations. [2 definitions] |
| discover |
to see or witness due to a chance encounter or deliberate search; find. [1/3 definitions] |
| first-degree murder |
a premeditated murder, carried out with deliberate intention to kill. |
| foot-dragging |
deliberate slowness in taking requested action or in making a necessary decision. |
| fraud |
deliberate deception or trickery used for unfair or illegal advantage. [1/3 definitions] |
| germ warfare |
the deliberate contamination of an enemy's territory with disease germs. |
| hyperbole |
in rhetoric, an obvious and deliberate exaggeration or overstatement, intended for effect and not to be taken literally, such as "He had a million excuses". (Cf. litotes.) |
| inflate |
to raise (the general price level), as by deliberate government action. [1/5 definitions] |
| intended |
planned and done with complete awareness; intentional; deliberate. [1/3 definitions] |
| intentional |
done on purpose; deliberate; premeditated. [1/2 definitions] |
| knowing |
with intention; deliberate. [1/4 definitions] |
| measured |
restrained; deliberate. [1/3 definitions] |
| murder |
the deliberate and illegal killing of a person. [1/5 definitions] |