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Shady

Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade.

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Concealed 84% connected

of Conceal

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Concealed 84% connected

of Conceal

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Dishonest 84% connected

Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.

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Dishonest 84% connected

Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.

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Dishonorable 84% connected

Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base.

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Dishonorable 84% connected

Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base.

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Questionable 84% connected

Admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry.

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Questionable 84% connected

Admitting of being questioned; inviting, or seeming to invite, inquiry.

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Shaded 84% connected

of Shade

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Shaded 84% connected

of Shade

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Shadiness 74% connected

Quality or state of being shady.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Shadiness 74% connected

Quality or state of being shady.

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Synonym 7

Fishy 92% connected

Consisting of fish; fishlike; having the qualities or taste of fish; abounding in fish.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Funny 92% connected

Droll; comical; amusing; laughable.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Shadowed 92% connected

of Shadow

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Shadowy 92% connected

Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Suspect 92% connected

Suspicious; inspiring distrust.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Suspicious 92% connected

Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof.

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Umbrageous 92% connected

Forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded; as, umbrageous trees or foliage.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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