shiftiness
- noun
- /ˈʃɪftɪnəs/
:
deshonestidad
- His shiftiness made everyone question his honesty during the negotiations.
So there's a little bit of shiftiness going on here, a little bit of shadiness that we need to pay attention to.
- So there's a little bit of shiftiness going on here, a little bit of shadiness that we need to pay attention to.
- It is aware of its, as we're translating it here, shiftiness, ferstellen.
Examples
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There is a treachery in the seeming certitude of memory, and I must accept as a rule for the direction of mind that recollection is as suspect as a discovered liar, hiding a secret shiftiness inside.
Fiction book (2000) -
She noticed a characteristic shiftiness in his behavior whenever the topic of money arose.
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So there's a little bit of shiftiness going on here, a little bit of shadiness that we need to pay attention to.
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It is aware of its, as we're translating it here, shiftiness, ferstellen.
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The politician's shiftiness raised suspicions about his true intentions.
Synonyms
27
4.9
To use dishonest ways to cheat people
8
8.6
Secret or dishonest actions that try to cheat people
6
9.9
Dishonest actions that try to trick people to get something
3
8.8
A way of hiding the truth by pretending to be less involved
3
9.9
Hiding your true feelings or intentions by pretending
1
6.0
Doing things quietly to trick people without them noticing
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7.2
A quality that makes something seem true when it is false
1
6.9
Dishonest behavior by a person or group
Act of showing a friendly face while hiding true feelings
Something that seems wrong, unsafe, or not honest
Being clever in a dishonest or deceptive way that is hard to guess
Dishonest actions that try to trick people
Antonyms
How Deceitful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shiftiness also has a meaning of being sneaky or evasive. A helpful way to remember this is to think of shift ('to move or avoid') and shifty people who keep shifting their eyes or answers, so shiftiness is the quality of being evasive or untrustworthy.