duplicity, slyness, mendacity, cleverness, venality, dissembling, malevolence, deceit, nefariousness, treachery, obfuscation, arrogance, unscrupulousness, deceptions, machinations, subterfuge, imperiousness, knavery, sleaziness, sophistry, roguery, naivete, shamelessness, pompousness, deceitfulness, naivety, meanness, perversity, dishonesty, skullduggery, perfidy, haughtiness, hypocrisy, opportunism, disingenuousness, cynicism, canniness, obtuseness, villainy, casuistry, ruthlessness, cunningness, sneakiness, superciliousness, imposture, mischievousness, stupidity, heartlessness, cupidity, dubiousness, nosiness, gullibility, disingenuity, diffidence, wiliness, underhandedness, smarminess, amorality, cajolery, corruptness, politesse, impishness, mystification, wickedness, smarm, bullheadedness, dissimulation, boneheadedness, clumsiness, incompetence, irascibility, wryness, insincerity, malignity, priggishness, ambiguousness, fastidiousness, blatancy, presumptuousness, inscrutability, officiousness, untrustworthiness, crookedness, astuteness, nastiness, ingratiation, cravenness, vengefulness, seductiveness, hubris, foolishness, prolixity, shrewdness, subversiveness, servility, knowingness, niceness, stratagems, doublespeak, taciturnity, tactlessness, lechery, fickleness, guile, recalcitrance, ineptitude, ingenuity, passivity, adroitness, craftiness, insensitivity, brutality, callousness, capriciousness

indirectness

obliqueness