shady

• (s) (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous
  • a shady operation
  fly-by-night,
• (s) of questionable taste or morality
  • a louche nightclub
  • a louche painting
  louche,
• (s) not as expected
  • there was something fishy about the accident
  • up to some funny business
  • some definitely queer goings-on
  • a shady deal
  • her motives were suspect
  • suspicious behavior
  suspect, fishy, suspicious, funny,
• (s) filled with shade
  • the shady side of the street
  • the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed
  • we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove
  • cool umbrageous woodlands
  shadowed, shadowy, umbrageous,

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