fishy

pronunciation

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Adjective:

not as expected

Word Origin

fishy (adj.): late 15c., "fish-like, slimy," from fish (n.) + -y (2). In reference to taste, from 1540s. Sense of "shady, questionable" is first recorded 1840, perhaps from the notion of "slipperiness," or of giving off a bad odor.

Synonym

adj.

embellished incredible possible coloured unlikely improbable exaggerated embroidered extravagant unbelievable farfetched hardly

adj.

piscatorial piscine fishlike

adj.

devious slippery doubtful questionable tricky suspicious shady dubious evasive

adj.

expressionless empty glassy blank lackluster dull inexpressive wooden vacant

Example

1. That 's fishy : this banana 's taken the plunge

2. These flavors help eliminate that fishy aftertaste and the potential for bad breath from fish oils .

3. Kamal khan , 25 , who is unemployed , said the official story " looks fishy to me . "

4. A quick taste test suggests the caviar is not fishy or oversalted and that the eggs have a distinctive pop when bitten into , with a creamy consistency after .

5. At least some of the evidence seems fishy .

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