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Synonyms for shady
ˈʃeɪ dishady
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Wiktionary
English Synonyms and Antonyms
shady
Strictly, that which is black is absolutely destitute of color; that which is dark is absolutely destitute of light. In common speech, however, a coat is black, tho not optically colorless; the night is dark, tho the stars shine. That is obscure, shadowy, or shady from which the light is more or less cut off. Dusky is applied to objects which appear as if viewed in fading light; the word is often used, as are swart and swarthy, of the human skin when quite dark, or even verging toward black. Dim refers to imperfection of outline, from distance, darkness, mist, etc., or from some defect of vision. Opaque objects, as smoked glass, are impervious to light. Murky is said of that which is at once dark, obscure, and gloomy; as, a murky den; a murky sky. Figuratively, dark is emblematic of sadness, agreeing with somber, dismal, gloomy, also of moral evil; as, a dark deed. Of intellectual matters, dark is now rarely used in the old sense of a dark saying, etc. See MYSTERIOUS; OBSCURE.
Compare synonyms for LIGHT.
Synonyms:
black, dark, dim, dismal, dusky, gloomy, murky, mysterious, obscure, opaque, sable, shadowy, somber, swart, swarthyAntonyms:
bright, brilliant, clear, crystalline, dazzling, gleaming, glowing, illumined, light, lucid, luminous, radiant, shining, transparent, white
Princeton's WordNet
fly-by-night, shadyadjective
(of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous
"a shady operation"
Synonyms:
fishy, fly-by-night, funny, shadowy, suspicious, umbrageous, suspect, louche, shadowedAntonyms:
unshaded, trustworthy, reputable, unquestionable, trustylouche, shadyadjective
of questionable taste or morality
"a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting"
Synonyms:
fishy, fly-by-night, funny, shadowy, suspicious, umbrageous, suspect, louche, shadowedAntonyms:
trustworthy, reputable, unshaded, unquestionable, trustyfishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspiciousadjective
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:
fly-by-night, louche, comic, laughable, rum, shadowed, untrusting, umbrageous, singular, odd, wary, amusing, comical, suspicious, leery, funny, mirthful, risible, fishy, peculiar, shadowy, mistrustful, suspect, rummy, curiousAntonyms:
unquestionable, trusty, unshaded, reputable, trustworthyshady, shadowed, shadowy, umbrageousadjective
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:
dim, fishy, fly-by-night, shadowed, wraithlike, outraged, funny, umbrageous, indignant, vague, louche, incensed, faint, suspicious, wispy, shadowy, suspectAntonyms:
unshaded, trusty, unquestionable, reputable, trustworthy
Dictionary of English Synonymes
shadyadjective
Synonyms:
shadowy, umbrageous
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
shadyadjective
Synonyms:
umbrageous, shadowy, umbriferous, sheltered, screened, equivocal, questionable, corrupt
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "shady":
shadi, shaded, murky, dubious, dark, suspicious, obscure, dodgy, unsavoury, questionable
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#271 | black | |
#1640 | dark | |
#2347 | funny | |
#4214 | comic | |
#5451 | odd | |
#6236 | suspect | |
#7013 | curious | |
#9389 | dim | |
#9735 | mysterious | |
#11969 | corrupt | |
#13380 | obscure | |
#13600 | singular | |
#13890 | suspicious | |
#14437 | vague | |
#15135 | faint | |
#15385 | questionable | |
#15415 | peculiar | |
#15644 | amusing | |
#16342 | rum | |
#17229 | shady | |
#17805 | opaque | |
#18625 | shaded | |
#20758 | sable | |
#22516 | wary | |
#23071 | dubious | |
#27768 | outraged | |
#28539 | dismal | |
#28701 | gloomy | |
#33634 | fishy | |
#36473 | comical | |
#36528 | dodgy | |
#38136 | murky | |
#38689 | shadowy | |
#42698 | laughable | |
#44274 | sketchy | |
#45530 | dusky | |
#46015 | shadowed | |
#47682 | rummy | |
#47762 | somber | |
#53594 | indignant | |
#54808 | seedy | |
#70807 | equivocal | |
#70876 | incensed | |
#73905 | leery | |
#75558 | swart | |
#89982 | wispy | |
#109912 | swarthy | |
#111586 | mistrustful | |
#120762 | shadi | |
#143949 | unsavoury | |
#172858 | risible | |
#199502 | mirthful | |
#318287 | untrusting |
How to use shady in a sentence?
Scam artists have found that sending us messages about a package you never ordered or a payment that never went through along with a link to a shady website is a quick and easy way to get us to engage on our devices and fall prey to fraud.
The Biden Administration changed the rules to severely restrict Congress’ access to suspicious activity reports in the dark of night and with no explanation, we now know Hunter Biden and other Biden family members have racked up at least 150 suspicious activity reports for their shady foreign business deals.
The president walks on the sunny side of the street, and this takes us over to the shady side of the street, it makes us realize that springtime is likely not going to be a total solution.
This is a shady store. We've asked a lot of people in this community. You can buy weed at the store.
How many times are big corporations going to take advantage of us before we stop taking their word ? if these corporations wanted to be transparent about this practice, they wouldn't have started selling the data to shady third parties without a person's explicit consent in the first place. Why should we trust them now ?
Translations for shady
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- σκοτεινός, σκιώδης, ανέντιμος, σκιερόςGreek
- sombreado, umbroso, umbríoSpanish
- kyseenalainen, valonarka, varjostava, varjoinen, hämäräperäinen, varjoisaFinnish
- loucheFrench
- bieco, ombroso, losco, torvo, ambiguo, ombreggiatoItalian
- سێبهردارKurdish
- taumarumaruMāori
- umbrosRomanian
- подозрительный, тенистый, тёмный, сомнительныйRussian
- sjenovitSerbo-Croatian
- நிழலானTamil
- 陰Chinese
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