shady

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adjective

1. not as expected
- there was something fishy about the accident
- up to some funny business
- some definitely queer goings-on
- a shady deal
- her motives were suspect
- suspicious behavior
• Syn:
fishy, funny, suspect, suspicious
• Similar to:
questionable
• Derivationally related forms:
suspiciousness (for: suspicious)
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
2. (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous
- a shady operation
• Syn:
fly-by-night
• Similar to:
untrustworthy, untrusty
• Derivationally related forms:
shadiness, fly-by-night (for: fly-by-night)
3. of questionable taste or morality
- a louche nightclub
- a louche painting
• Syn:
louche
• Similar to:
disreputable
4. filled with shade
- the shady side of the street
- the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed
- we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove
- cool umbrageous woodlands
• Syn:
shadowed, shadowy, umbrageous
• Similar to:
shaded
• Derivationally related forms:
shadow (for: shadowy), shadowiness (for: shadowy), shadiness, shade

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  shadowed, shadowy, umbrageous, fishy, funny, suspect, suspicious, louche, fly-by-night