My uncle's brother's son got involved in a shady business and disgraced the family.
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Shady
//ˈʃeɪdi//
Synonyms for "shady" (132 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (66)
off-colorovershadedovershadowedpenumbralpurplequeasyqueerquestionableracyriskyrisquerottensaltyscreenedseamysexyshabbyshadedshadowshadowed
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shadowyshamefulshamelessshelteredshiftyshoddysinisterslipperyslysordidspicysuggestivesuspecttrickytwilightumbraluncertainunconsciencedunconscientiousunconscionableundecidedunderhandunderhandedunethicalunpraiseworthyunprincipledunreliableunrespectableunsavoryunscrupulousunstraightforwardveiledwickedwithout remorsewithout shame
Adjective(5 words)
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Synonyms
3 entriesderived
7 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
7 entriesTranslations
95 translations across 30 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- hijetar adj (abounding in shades)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- σκιερός adj (causing shade)
- σκιερός adj (overspread with shade)
- σκιόεις adj (causing shade)
- σκιώδης adj (abounding in shades)
Bulgarian
4 entries- засенчен adj (abounding in shades)
- непочтен adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
- сенчест adj (overspread with shade)
- съмнителен adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
Catalan
2 entries- ombrívol adj (overspread with shade)
- ombrós adj (overspread with shade)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- سێبەردار adj (abounding in shades)
- سێبەردار adj (overspread with shade)
Czech
4 entries- pochybný adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
- podezřelý adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
- stinný adj (abounding in shades)
- stinný adj (overspread with shade)
Esperanto
1 entries- suspektinda adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
Finnish
4 entries- hämäräperäinen adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
- kyseenalainen adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
- valonarka adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
- varjoinen adj (abounding in shades)
French
2 entries- louche adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
- ombragé adj (abounding in shades)
Friulian
2 entries- ombrôs adj (abounding in shades)
- tosc adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
Galician
2 entries- sombrizo adj (abounding in shades)
- sombrizo adj (overspread with shade)
German
4 entries- Schatten spendend adj (causing shade)
- schattenspendend adj (causing shade)
- schattig adj (abounding in shades)
- schattig adj (overspread with shade)
Greek
3 entries- ανέντιμος adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
- σκιερός adj (abounding in shades)
- σκιώδης adj (abounding in shades)
Irish
4 entries- foscúil adj (abounding in shades)
- scáthach adj (abounding in shades)
- scáthach adj (causing shade)
- scáthach adj (overspread with shade)
Italian
4 entries- ambiguo adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
- bieco adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
- losco adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
- ombreggiato adj (abounding in shades)
Latin
3 entries- anceps adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
- opācus adj (abounding in shades)
- opācus adj (overspread with shade)
Māori
2 entries- taumarumaru adj (overspread with shade)
- tūmaru adj (overspread with shade)
Norman
1 entries- ombreux adj (overspread with shade)
Old English
2 entries- gesceadlīc adj (abounding in shades)
- sceadiht adj (abounding in shades)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- گولگهلو adj (abounding in shades)
- گولگهلو adj (overspread with shade)
Polish
4 entries- cienisty adj (abounding in shades)
- cienisty adj (causing shade)
- podejrzany adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
- szemrany adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
Portuguese
4 entries- duvidoso adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
- escuso adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
- sombreado adj (overspread with shade)
- sombroso adj (abounding in shades)
Romanian
1 entries- umbros adj (abounding in shades)
Russian
3 entries- подозри́тельный adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
- тенистый adj (overspread with shade)
- тёмный adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- sjenovit adj (abounding in shades)
- sjenovit adj (causing shade)
Southern Altai
1 entries- кӧлӧткӧлӱ adj (abounding in shades)
Spanish
4 entries- deshonesto adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
- dudoso adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
- sombreado adj (abounding in shades)
- sospechoso adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
Swedish
2 entries- skum adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
- suspekt adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
Turkish
2 entries- gölgeli adj (abounding in shades)
- şaibeli adj (not trustworthy; unfit to be seen or known)
Vietnamese
1 entries- râm adj (abounding in shades)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
This place is too shady for taking photos.
Source: tatoeba (61673)
What can we learn from a dog? On hot days, drink lots of water and lie under a shady tree.
Source: tatoeba (1242575)
The park is shady.
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