He's a shifty character and I don't trust him one bit.
Source: tatoeba (3153328)
Shifty
//ˈʃɪfti//
Synonyms for "shifty" (248 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
diplomaticdiscreetdishonestdishonorabledisingenuousdizzydodgingdoubledouble dealingdouble-dealingdoubtfuldubiousduplicitouseccentricelusiveelusoryequivocalequivocatingerraticevasive
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faithlessfalsefalseheartedfast and loosefelinefeloniousficklefinaglingfishyfitfulflickeringflightyflittingfluctuatingfoxyfraudulentfreakishfurtivegiddyguilefulhazardoushidlingshole-and-cornerhugger muggerhugger-muggerill-gotill-gottenimmoralimpetuousimpulsiveinconsistentinconstantindecisiveindirectinfirmingeniousinsecureinsidiousinsincereinsubstantialinventiveirregularirresoluteirresponsibleknavishknowinglyingmachiavellianmachiavellicmalingeringmazymendaciousmercurial
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moodymutablenot kosherpawkyperfidiousperilouspoliticprecariousprivyprovisionalquestionablequietramblingreadyresourcefulrestlessriskyroguishrottenroving
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scatterbrainedschemingsecretsecretiveserpentineshadyshakyshamelessshapelesssharpshiftingshirkingshrewdshufflingsinisterskulkingslickslinkingslinkyslipperyslysmoothsnakysneakingsneakysophisticalspasmodicspinelessstealthystrategicsubtilesubtlesupplesurreptitioussuspicioustacticaltemporarytentativeticklishtraitoroustreacheroustrickishtricksytrickytwo facedtwo-facedunaccountableuncertainuncommunicativeunconsciencedunconscientiousunconscionableuncontrolledundependableunder-the-counterunder-the-tableundercoverundergroundunderhandunderhandedundisciplinedunethicalunfaithworthyunfixedunobtrusiveunpredictableunprincipledunreliableunrestrainedunsavoryunscrupulousunsettledunsolidunsoundunstableunstable as waterunstaidunsteadfastunstraightforwardunsubstantialunsureuntrustworthyuntruthfulvacillatingvagrantvariablevicissitudinaryvicissitudinousvolatilevulpinewanderingwantonwarywaveringwaverywavywaywardwhimsicalwilywishy washywishy-washywithout remorsewithout shame
Adjective(1 words)
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Synonyms
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5 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
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4 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 11 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- πολύτροπος adj (Having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable)
- πολύτροπος adj (Subject to frequent changes in direction)
Bulgarian
3 entries- измамнически adj (Having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable)
- лъжлив adj (Having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable)
- променлив adj (Subject to frequent changes in direction)
Danish
1 entries- skummel adj (Having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable)
Finnish
1 entries- epäluotettavan oloinen adj (Having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable)
French
2 entries- fuyant adj (Having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable)
- louche adj (Having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable)
Greek
2 entries- πανούργος adj (Having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable)
- πονηρός adj (Having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable)
Italian
4 entries- ambiguo adj (Having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable)
- equivoco adj (Having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable)
- mutevole adj (Subject to frequent changes in direction)
- sfuggente adj (Having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable)
Macedonian
3 entries- изма́мнички adj (Having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable)
- ла́жлив adj (Having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable)
- про́менлив adj (Subject to frequent changes in direction)
Russian
2 entries- изменчивый adj (Subject to frequent changes in direction)
- переменчивый adj (Subject to frequent changes in direction)
Spanish
2 entries- astuto adj (Having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable)
- despiadado adj (Having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable)
Swedish
2 entries- lömsk adj (Having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable)
- skum adj (Having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
It was an odious face—crafty, vicious, malignant, with shifty, light-grey eyes and white lashes.
Source: tatoeba (7483292)
Off he raced, shuffling his bare feet through the hot, dry, shifty sand.
Source: wiktionary
The Helfrich plan is simple and direct, based upon a minute knowledge of Indies waters: to strike & strike again & again at the Japanese supply lines. For most of his naval life, Java-born Admiral Helfrich has done nothing but study war with the Japanese. His Navy was designed for shifty, aggressive action within the narrow East Indian waters. In the first 54 days of war his ships and cooperating Dutch planes sank 54 Japanese vessels. "Ship-a-day Helfrich," the Dutch soon called him. His ideas dominated the enlarging and equipping of Java's main naval base at Surabaya, where heavy cruisers (but not battleships) can be fueled and repaired. For the Helfrich plan to succeed, Surabaya must be held.
Source: wiktionary
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