Synonyms of the word shady


SHADYDISREPUTABLE - FISHY - FLY-BY-NIGHT - FUNNY - LOUCHE - QUESTIONABLE - SHADED - SHADOWED - SHADOWY - SUSPECT - SUSPICIOUS - UMBRAGEOUS - UNTRUSTWORTHY - UNTRUSTY

shady

  • adj. Abounding in shades.
  • adj. Causing shade.
  • adj. Overspread with shade; sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
  • adj. (informal) Not trustworthy; disreputable.
  • adj. (Britain, slang) Mean, cruel.

disreputable

  • adj. not respectable, lacking repute; discreditable.
  • n. A person who is not reputable.

fishy

  • n. (childish) diminutive of fish.
  • adj. Of, from, or similar to fish.
  • adj. Suspicious; inspiring doubt.
  • adj. (LGBT slang) Of drag queens: appearing feminine.

fly-by-night

  • n. A creature which flies at night; a nocturnal flier or traveler.
  • n. One who departs or flees at night in order to avoid creditors, law enforcement etc. (often used attributively).
  • n. (idiomatic, derogatory) A person or business that appears and disappears rapidly, or gives an impression…
  • n. (idiomatic, derogatory) A traveling businessman or tradesman.

funny

  • adj. Amusing; humorous; comical.
  • adj. Strange or unusual, often implying unpleasant.
  • n. (humorous) A joke.
  • n. (humorous) A comic strip.
  • n. (Britain) A narrow boat for sculling.

louche

  • adj. Of questionable taste or morality; decadent.
  • adj. Not reputable or decent.
  • adj. Unconventional and slightly disreputable in an attractive manner; raffish, rakish.
  • v. (intransitive) Of alcoholic beverages, particularly anise-flavoured ones like absinthe and ouzo: to become…

questionable

  • adj. (obsolete) Inviting questions; inviting inquiry.
  • adj. Problematic; open to doubt or challenge.
  • adj. Of dubious respectability or morality.

shaded

  • adj. Being in the shade, not in direct light.
  • adj. Having a slight colour added (of a diagram or picture) or being slightly darkened as if in the shade.
  • v. simple past tense and past participle of shade.

shadowed

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of shadow.

shadowy

  • adj. In shadow; darkened by shadows.
  • adj. (of character) Dark, obscure.

suspect

  • v. (transitive) To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.
  • v. (transitive) To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).
  • v. (transitive) To believe (someone) to be guilty.
  • v. (intransitive) To have suspicion.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To look up to; to respect.
  • n. A person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime.
  • adj. Viewed with suspicion; suspected.
  • adj. (nonstandard) Viewing with suspicion; suspecting.

suspicious

  • adj. Arousing suspicion.
  • adj. Distrustful or tending to suspect.
  • adj. Expressing suspicion.

umbrageous

  • adj. Having shade; shady; having shade provided by thick foliage.
  • adj. (figuratively) irritable, easily upset.

untrustworthy

  • adj. Not deserving of trust; unreliable.

untrusty

  • adj. Not trusty.

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