shady
AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Adjective (4)shadier, shadiest
- quiet, dark, or concealed“her shady past intrigued him”“a shady part of town”Opposite unconcealedSimilar concealed
- 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”Synonyms: fishyfunnysuspectsuspiciousOpposite unquestionableSimilar questionable
- of questionable honesty or legality“He established a dummy company through which he laundered vast sums of cash from shady middlemen and arms dealers”Opposite honestSimilar dishonest, dishonorable
- 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”Synonyms: shadowedshadowyumbrageousOpposite unshadedSimilar shaded
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Translations
Adjective abounding in shades
Adjective not trustworthy
- French
- louche
- German
- zwielichtig
- Italian
- losco
- Russian
- подозри́тельный podozrítelʹnyj
- Arabic
- مريب murīb
- Japanese
- 怪しい ayashii
- Dutch
- louche
- Polish
- podejrzany
- Swedish
- skum
- Hungarian
- kétes
2 more languages
- Esperanto
- suspektinda
- Finnish
- hämäräperäinen
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
1. Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade.
The shady trees cover him with their shadow.— Job. xl. 22.
And Amaryllis fills the shady groves.— John Dryden
2. Sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
Cast it also that you may have rooms shady for summer and warm for winter.— Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
3. Of or pertaining to shade or darkness; hence, unfit to be seen or known; of questionable character; unsavory; equivocal; dubious, corrupt, or criminal; as, a shady character; — of people or activities. colloquial “A shady business.” London Saturday Review, The
Shady characters, disreputable, criminal.— London Spectator
On the shady side of, on the thither side of; as, on the shady side of fifty; that is, more than fifty. colloquial — To keep shady, to stay in concealment; also, to be reticent. slang
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54