shady

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.

Adjective

• Full of shade; protected from the sun; of dubious character.

Examples

• He is a shady character.
• His SHADY tactics in Words With Friends involved subtle hints that weren’t quite cheating.

Synonyms

fishy, fly-by-night, funny, louche, shadowed, shadowy, suspect, suspicious, umbrageous, corrupt, dodgy, dubious, equivocal, seedy, sketchy

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