What does shady mean?
Definitions for shady
ˈʃeɪ dishady
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word shady.
Princeton's WordNet
fly-by-night, shady(adj)
(of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous
"a shady operation"
louche, shady(adj)
of questionable taste or morality
"a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting"
fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious(adj)
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"
shady, shadowed, shadowy, umbrageous(adj)
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"
Wiktionary
shady(Adjective)
Abounding in shades.
shady(Adjective)
Causing shade.
shady(Adjective)
Overspread with shade; sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
shady(Adjective)
Not trustworthy; Unfit to be seen or known.
He is a shady character.
Webster Dictionary
Shady
abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade
Shady
sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat
Shady
of or pertaining to shade or darkness; hence, unfit to be seen or known; equivocal; dubious or corrupt
Freebase
Shady
Shady is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States. It is part of the town of Woodstock and lies on New York State Route 212.
Rap Dictionary
shady
1- Associated with Shady Records or Eminem "Yeah... Shady... Aftermath... G-Unit! Unit!"-- 50 Cent, Just A Lil' Bit 2- A term used to describe someone who acts suspicious or is involved in illegal activities 3-somone who acts fu**ed up toward you is shady
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of shady in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of shady in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of shady in a Sentence
China has made some more substantial inroads into the Saudi arms market, in particular selling armed drones, the details are shady and we may very well have underestimated China's role as an arms exporter to Saudi Arabia. But China doesn't come anywhere near the USA, United Kingdom or even France as arms suppliers. Still, the important point here is that Saudi Arabia has explored the possibility of diversifying Saudi Arabia supplier base.
How many times are big corporations going to take advantage of us before we stop taking their word ? if these corporations wanted to be transparent about this practice, they wouldn't have started selling the data to shady third parties without a person's explicit consent in the first place. Why should we trust them now ?
Mark Hansen was a kind of a shady Hollywood mogul type, he owned a number of movie theaters in Hollywood and he was a multimillionaire. He also had a number of rooming houses and his own apartment just off Hollywood Boulevard… He was separated from his wife, who had a house on the Hollywood Hills with their two daughters. He had a great lifestyle in his apartment… where he would invite girls if he liked their looks… he would invite them to stay with obviously a promise that they were going to make it big as movie stars. Sooner or later, they would probably be booted out or end up as dancers in one of his nightclubs.
It feels like some major values that we all share in Europe have been undermined for whatever shady reasons, so to just, you know, blindly keep going in the direction of a cliff like lemmings, I don't get it. All I know is I'm not going to be a winner out of this situation.
If I were to find out that one of the charities I was volunteering my time and money to was doing something shady, of course I would be devastated. I don't know if I could trust another organization for many years, i would go out on Saturday and ride my bike but it wouldn't be to raise money for anyone, it would just be for me.
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Translations for shady
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- σκοτεινός, σκιώδης, ανέντιμος, σκιερόςGreek
- umbroso, umbrío, sombreadoSpanish
- varjoisa, kyseenalainen, hämäräperäinen, varjoinen, varjostava, valonarkaFinnish
- loucheFrench
- ambiguo, bieco, ombreggiato, torvo, losco, ombrosoItalian
- سێبهردارKurdish
- taumarumaruMāori
- umbrosRomanian
- тенистый, подозрительный, тёмный, сомнительныйRussian
- sjenovitSerbo-Croatian
- நிழலானTamil
- 陰Chinese
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