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🌤️ Partly shaded 🕵️ Somewhat suspicious
semishady

semishady

9.5
Somewhat suspicious and not fully honest
  • adjective
  • /ˌsɛmɪˈʃeɪdi/
  • Informal
: sospechoso
  • Some online ads look semishady, so you should be careful before clicking on them.

Examples

  • He gave me a semishady explanation for why he was late to the meeting.

  • The offer seemed semishady, so I decided to ask more questions before agreeing.

  • That deal seems semishady.

  • I find his semishady behavior concerning.

  • The offer seemed semishady, so I decided to ask more questions before agreeing.

  • He gave me a semishady explanation for why he was late to the meeting.

  • Some online ads look semishady, so you should be careful before clicking on them.

Synonyms

shifty
vssemishady
14 7.4

A look or behavior that seems dishonest and hard to trust

is milder, implying partial dishonesty rather than clear deceit and untrustworthiness
suss
vssemishady
  • UK
3 9.6

Appearing dishonest or not trustworthy

is milder and focuses on slight untrustworthiness rather than clear wrongdoing
a bit sketchy
vssemishady
  • Informal
1 8.6

A little suspicious and not easy to trust

is about mild suspicion or partial dishonesty rather than clear unreliability
sussy
vssemishady
  • Slang
1 9.9

A person or thing that seems dishonest and not trustworthy

is more neutral and suggests limited dishonesty rather than active deceit
a bit sus
vssemishady
  • Slang
9.9

Slightly suspicious and not completely trustworthy

is milder, implying some dishonesty rather than clear deceitful behavior

Antonyms

honest
∞ 1.0

Truthful and fair, not cheating or lying

trustworthy
87 2.1

A person or thing you can depend on to be honest

How Suspicious

corrupt
298 4.4
shady
  • Informal
87 5.5
semishady
  • Informal
9.5
dubious
88 6.5
trustworthy
87 2.1

Surface Forms

semishady positive
semishadier comparative
semishadiest superlative

Morphology

semishady = shady (transparent) = semi + shade + y

The meaning is a straightforward degree-modifying prefixation of semi- + shady, yielding 'somewhat shady'.

Etymology

Semishady joins semi- ('partly') with shady (which can mean 'suspicious' or 'not honest'), so semishady describes something that is 'somewhat suspicious' or not completely honest.