shady

shad·y  (shd)

adj. shad·i·er, shad·i·est

1. Full of shade; shaded.

2. Casting shade: a shady grove.

3. Quiet, dark, or concealed; hidden.

4. Of dubious character or honesty; questionable. See Synonyms at dark.

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shadi·ly adv.

shadi·ness n.

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shady

Adjective

[shadier, shadiest]

1. full of shade; shaded

2. giving or casting shade

3. Informal of doubtful honesty or legality: shady business dealings

shadiness n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	shady - (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous; "a shady operation" fly-by-night untrustworthy, untrusty - not worthy of trust or belief; "an untrustworthy person"
	2.	shady - of questionable taste or morality; "a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting" louche disreputable - lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance
	3.	shady - 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" suspect, suspicious, fishy, funny colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech questionable - subject to question; "questionable motives"; "a questionable reputation"; "a fire of questionable origin"
	4.	shady - 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" shadowed, shadowy, umbrageous shaded - protected from heat and light with shade or shadow; "shaded avenues"; "o'er the shaded billows rushed the night"- Alexander Pope

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shady

adjective 1. shaded, cool, shadowy, dim, leafy, bowery, bosky (literary) umbrageous << OPPOSITE sunny

adjective 2. (Informal) crooked, dodgy Brit., Austral., N.Z. (informal) unethical, suspect, suspicious, dubious, slippery, questionable, unscrupulous, fishy (informal) shifty, disreputable, untrustworthy, shonky Austral., N.Z. (informal) << OPPOSITE honest

Translations

shady [ˈʃeɪdɪ] adj → sombreado;

(fig) (= dishonest); sospechoso; [deal] → turbio

shady [ˈʃeɪdɪ] adj → ombragé(e) (fig) (= dishonest); louche, véreux/euse

shady [ˈʃeɪdɪ] shade adj → schattig (fig) (dishonest) → zwielichtig;

shady deals → dunkle Geschäfte

shady [ˈʃeɪdɪ] adj → ombroso/a;

(fig) (= dishonest); losco/a, equivoco/a