Her mother must have smelled something fishy.
Source: tatoeba (320698)
Fishy
/ˈfɪʃi/
Synonyms for "fishy" (103 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (31)
doubtfuldubiousdubitableeellikeemptyequivocalevasiveexpressionlessfallaciousfalsefeloniousfraudulentfunnyglassyhallucinatoryill-gotill-gottenillusiveillusoryimmoral
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Noun(1 words)
fried fish
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (51)
Adjective(5 words)
Noun(1 words)
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2 entriesadjectiveevaluative adjective
More specific
3 entriesdodgy alibifraudulent claimuntrustworthy source
Collocations
6 entriesfishy alibifishy businessfishy claimfishy datafishy explanationfishy source
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
21 total sentences available.
I was locked out! There's got to be something fishy going on.
Source: tatoeba (328559)
My husband tells me he goes to work even on Sundays and holidays but sometimes I suspect there's something fishy about his story.
Source: tatoeba (410215)
This sounds fishy.
Source: tatoeba (1110479)
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