shady
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous
- "a shady operation"
- of questionable taste or morality
- not as expected
- "a shady deal"
- filled with shade
- "the shady side of the street"
Adj
- Abounding in shades.
- Causing shade.
- Overspread with shade; sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
- Not trustworthy; disreputable.
- Mean, cruel.
Origin / Etymology
From shade + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian skaadich, skaddich (“shady”), German schattig (“shady”).
Synonyms
corrupt, dodgy, dubious, equivocal, fishy, fly-by-night, funny, louche, seedy, shadowed, shadowy, sketchy, suspect, suspicious, umbrageous
Scrabble Score: 12
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