Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Full of shade; shaded.
- adj. Casting shade: a shady grove.
- adj. Quiet, dark, or concealed; hidden.
- adj. Of dubious character or honesty; questionable. See Synonyms at dark.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Abounding with or affording shade.
- Sheltered from glare or sultry heat; shaded: as, a shady place.
- Such as cannot bear the light; of doubtful honesty or morality: as, a shady transaction.
Wiktionary
- adj. Abounding in shades.
- adj. Causing shade.
- adj. Overspread with shade; sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
- adj. slang Not trustworthy; Unfit to be seen or known.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade.
- adj. Sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
- adj. colloq., colloq., colloq. Of or pertaining to shade or darkness unfit to be seen or known; of questionable character; unsavory; equivocal; dubious, corrupt, or criminal; ; -- of people or activities.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous
- adj. filled with shade
- adj. not as expected
- adj. of questionable taste or morality
Etymologies
- shade + -y (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Over the years, Bud Billings had some -- well, I mean, I ` ll use the term shady, maybe operating on the fringe of legality, with the used car business, pawnshops, running strip joints, that sort of thing.”
“I wear my seatbelt, don't smoke, eat healthy, use a water filter and carry a dummy wallet with fake credit cards and funny money whenever I'm in "shady" areas and hope I get pick pocketed.”
“It is not uncommon for certain shady dealing to go on for years, with a small group of critics but never really breaking out into the media.”
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“Rendezvous, after all, does occasionally call to mind spies meeting in shady corners swapping secrets, or something … more illicitly dodgy than I think you may like.”
“Even the birds and squirrels did not dare the sun, but sheltered in shady hiding places among the trees.”
“Republicans for their part are trying now to turn the tables, for example, hitting Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid for what the GOP calls a shady land deal.”
“JOHNS: Republicans are trying to conjure up some bad luck for Democrats, hitting Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid for what the GOP calls a shady land deal.”
“JOHNS: Republicans are trying to conjure up some bad luck for Democrats, hitting Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid for what the GOP calls a shady land deal.”
“Secret deals are called shady deals and Abhisit is seeing the result of such deals.”
“Perkins issued a letter last week officially calling the shady bonds "effectively worthless," since they were sold as tax-free bonds, and they are clearly not tax free.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘shady’.
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funny & derogatory
WARNING: VERY EXPLICIT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
funny derogatory names, quotes, phrases.
( open list, randomness, ad hom, ad hominem )
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buttfucking quitter, dirty sanchez, donkey punch, falcon punch, assbadger, unicorn turd, assclown, fudgenut, quackery, friggin homo, buttmuncher, jackwagon and 274 more... -
Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
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unfathomably, glice, cuh, fab, ciggaty, doll, thuggin, oxymoronic, pineapple, succubutt, griming, cheeky and 2369 more... -
Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
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words I love to use
kerfuffle, smarmy, sketchy, grim, wheedle, piffle, prattle, loggerheads, snarky, piddling, nix, caterwaul and 90 more...
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My Words
Words that I use regularly and consider mine.
zen, poser, savvy, angst, flustered, bitter, whatsoever, farfetched, indeed, scenario, inevitable, salvage and 134 more...
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My Little Ponies
A list of My Little Pony names from the original (G1) collection. 1982-1992
cotton candy, butterscotch, blossom, blue belle, minty, snuzzle, seashell, bubbles, bow tie, applejack, sunbeam, medley and 352 more...
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The History of Cool
Words that mean "cool" around the world and through the ages.
cool, awesome, wild, stylin', groovy, neat, nifty, swell, great, tubular, radical, bitchin' and 188 more...
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Not Quite The Real Thang
masquerade, sham, counterfeit, shyster, phoney, bogus, pseudo, artificial, fabricated, mock, concocted, false and 158 more...
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favorite words
ennui, bonhomie, eschew, liaison, serendipity, lovely, dusk, kitten, epitome, sexy, beloved, darling and 396 more...
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kevinl's Words
indefatigable, dabble, befuddle, fin, infinity, might, futile, squirm, bookish, feint, liquidity, belt and 126 more...
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Setting the Scene: Dark and Dreary
Words that lend to the dark and dreary atmosphere of gothic literature.
dark, dreary, shroud, shrouded, veiled, skeleton, skeletal, dead, death, murky, gloomy, lugubrious and 274 more...
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nolageek's Words
sardonic, vapid, sordid, horrid, incessant, insidious, shady, staunch, sword, envelope, beard, parenthetical and 2 more...
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succinct
don't use a long word when a short one will do
huff, sass, shady, quirk, thwart, munge, kludge, kitsch, schlock, nix, tromp, trudge and 22 more...
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Not the Clearest of Intentions
You ever try to read someone who can't be read? What is he thinking? What is he going to do? Whose side is he really on?
hidden agenda, doublespeak, backstabbing, treasonous, covert, mysterious, questionable, shady, flattering, sycophant, brownnose, secretive and 78 more...
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The best slang.
Slang from all areas and time periods.
dig, square, shady, sketchy, bum, dicks, deebo, hype, shite, tarnation, dip, goddamn and 2 more...
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June1stYR
dodgy, sketchy, shady, slight, queue, clue, vie, flogging, invoke, domineering, cheap skate, cheapskate and 11 more...
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