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Synonyms for shifty
ˈʃɪf tishifty
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Princeton's WordNet
devious, shiftyadjective
characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive
"a devious character"; "shifty eyes"
Synonyms:
devious, roundabout, shifting, oblique, circuitousAntonyms:
trusty, trustworthy, steadyshifting, shiftyadjective
changing position or direction
"he drifted into the shifting crowd"; "their nervous shifting glances"; "shifty winds"
Synonyms:
devious, unfirm, shiftingAntonyms:
trustworthy, steady, trusty
Editors Contribution
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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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#11538 | oblique | |
#11713 | shifting | |
#21715 | devious | |
#24591 | roundabout | |
#66096 | shifty | |
#101524 | circuitous |
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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.
These are guys with the name D-Money, Smoothie, Shifty, these types of guys. They come from Connecticut and New York, they come up here, they sell their heroin, and they go back home, incidentally, half the time they impregnate a young, white girl before they leave, which is a real sad thing because then we have another issue that we've got to deal with down the road.
Nancy Pelosi knew of all of the many Shifty Adam Schiff lies and massive frauds perpetrated upon Congress and the American people.
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.
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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