fishy vs shady what difference
what is difference between fishy and shady
English
Etymology
From Middle English fishi, fischey, equivalent to fish + -y.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɪʃi/
- Rhymes: -ɪʃi
Noun
fishy (plural fishies)
- (childish) Diminutive of fish.
Alternative forms
- fishie
Synonyms
- fishy wishy
Translations
Adjective
fishy (comparative fishier, superlative fishiest)
- Of, from, or similar to fish.
- Suspicious; inspiring doubt.
- 1973, Matt Braun, chapter 5, in El Paso, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Paperbacks, →ISBN; reprinted New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Paperbacks, July 1999, page 236:
- There was something more to this than met the eye, and he had the distinct feeling that the marshal had just snookered him into a corner. But he couldn’t very well refuse, and it would look fishy if he demanded they march now.
- 1973, Matt Braun, chapter 5, in El Paso, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Paperbacks, →ISBN; reprinted New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Paperbacks, July 1999, page 236:
- (LGBT slang) Of drag queens: appearing feminine.
Synonyms
- (of, from, or similar to fish): fishlike, fishly, ichthyic, piscine
Derived terms
- fishily
- smell fishy
Related terms
- fishify
Translations
English
Etymology
From shade + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian skaadich, skaddich (“shady”), German schattig (“shady”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃeɪdi/
- Rhymes: -eɪdi
Adjective
shady (comparative shadier, superlative shadiest)
- Abounding in shades.
- Causing shade.
- The shady trees cover him with their shadow.
- Overspread with shade; sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Building
- you may have rooms both for summer and winter; shady for summer, and warm for winter
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Building
- (informal) Not trustworthy; disreputable.
- He is a shady character.
- 2009: Stuart Heritage, Hecklerspray, Friday the 22nd of May in 2009 at 1 o’clock p.m., “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”
- Jon & Kate Plus 8 is a show based on two facts: 1) Jon and Kate Gosselin have eight children, and 2) the word ‘Kate’ rhymes with the word ‘eight’. One suspects that if Kate were ever to have another child, a shady network executive would urge her to put it in a binbag with a brick and drop it down a well. But this is just a horrifying tangent.
- (Britain, slang) Mean, cruel.
- Don’t be shady, give us a go.
Synonyms
- (not trustworthy): corrupt, dodgy, dubious, equivocal, seedy, sketchy, suspicious
Translations
Anagrams
- dashy
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