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ˈʃɪf tishifty

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  1. devious, shiftyadjective

    characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive

    "a devious character"; "shifty eyes"

    Synonyms:
    devious, roundabout, shifting, oblique, circuitous

    Antonyms:
    trusty, trustworthy, steady

  2. shifting, shiftyadjective

    changing position or direction

    "he drifted into the shifting crowd"; "their nervous shifting glances"; "shifty winds"

    Synonyms:
    devious, unfirm, shifting

    Antonyms:
    trustworthy, steady, trusty

Editors Contribution5.0 / 1 vote

  1. gombeennoun

    its origin is the irish word "gaimbín", meaning monetary interest. the term referred originally to a money-lender and became associated with those shopkeepers and merchants who exploited the starving during the irish famine by selling much-needed food and goods on credit at ruinous interest rates.

    “the shifty fella there is pure gombeen…”

    Submitted by andyread03 on December 23, 2022  

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How to use shifty in a sentence?

  1. Donald Trump:

    Nancy Pelosi knew of all of the many Shifty Adam Schiff lies and massive frauds perpetrated upon Congress and the American people.

  2. Maine Gov. Paul LePage:

    These are guys with the name D-Money, Smoothie, Shifty, they come from Connecticut and New York, they come up here, they sell their heroin, then they go back home. Incidentally, half the time they impregnate a young, white girl before they leave.

  3. P. G. Wodehouse:

    ...the shifty, hangdog look which announces that an Englishman is about to talk French.

  4. Harry S Truman:

    Nixon is a shifty-eyed goddamn liar, and the people know it. He's one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides.

  5. President Donald Trump:

    Shifty Schiff is Shifty Schiff, shifty Schiff took my words on the phone call and they were so good. Shifty Schiff totally changed them.


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  • skummelDanish
  • zwielichtigGerman
  • fuyant, louche, sournoisFrench
  • voltagabbana, sfuggente, banderuola, sfuggevole, subdolo, giravolta, equivocoItalian
  • lömsk, skumSwedish

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