Synonyms for shady
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : shey-dee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃeɪ di |
Top 10 synonyms for shady Other synonyms for the word shady
- adumbral
- bosky
- chiaroscuro
- cool
- dim
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- dusky
- fishy
- ignominious
- indistinct
- infamous
- inglorious
- notorious
- out of the sun
- scandalous
- screened
- shabby
- shadowed
- shameful
- sheltered
- shifty
- shoddy
- suspect
- umbrageous
- umbrous
- under a cloud
- unethical
- unrespectable
- unscrupulous
- untrustworthy
- vague
Définition of shady
Origin :- "affording shade," 1570s; "protected by shade," 1590s; from shade (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "disreputable" (1862) probably is from earlier university slang sense of "of questionable merit, unreliable" (1848). Related: Shadily; shadiness. Old English had sceadlic "shady, 'shadely.'"
- adj dark, covered
- adj disreputable, suspicious
- His whole appearance was suggestive of the shady side of life.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- His carriage was awaiting him in a shady corner of the Binnenhof.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- She looked so cool and restful in her white frock and shady hat.
- Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
- Her own room was on the shady side where pots of mignonette died within a week.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- On several occasions the Coupeaus fancied they saw her in some shady dive.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- It is found in shady woods and sometimes in open places where there is underbrush.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- The plants are found in cool, moist, and shady ravines from May to August.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- They require moist and shady places and the presence of hemlock trees.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- An hour on the shady verandah of one of these houses is very revealing.
- Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
- Thus came we out of the town and to the shady banks of the gleaming Po.
- Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
Antonyms for shady
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