What does shady mean?
Definitions for shady
ˈʃeɪ dishady
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word shady.
Princeton's WordNet
fly-by-night, shadyadjective
(of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous
"a shady operation"
louche, shadyadjective
of questionable taste or morality
"a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting"
fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspiciousadjective
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, umbrageousadjective
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
shadyadjective
Abounding in shades.
shadyadjective
Causing shade.
shadyadjective
Overspread with shade; sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
shadyadjective
Not trustworthy; Unfit to be seen or known.
He is a shady character.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Shadyadjective
Etymology: from shade.
The wakeful bird
Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid
Tunes her nocturnal note. John Milton, Parad. Lost.Stretch’d at ease you sing your happy loves,
And Amarillis fills the shady groves. Dry.Cast it also that you may have rooms shady for summer, and warm for winter. Francis Bacon.
ChatGPT
shady
Shady generally refers to a place protected from direct sunlight, therefore having lower light levels and temperatures. In a metaphorical or colloquial sense, shady can also refer to something or someone that is doubtful, suspicious, dishonest, or disreputable.
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
Wikidata
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
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
SHADY
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shady is ranked #27260 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Shady surname appeared 887 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Shady.
93.4% or 829 total occurrences were White.
1.9% or 17 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.8% or 16 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.2% or 11 total occurrences were Black.
0.9% or 8 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.6% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.
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Anagrams for shady »
dashy
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
The ‘you’re fired’ slogan to the birth certificate – release of Obama’s, you know, shady birth certificate, so on and so forth.
I’ve been on the Trump train, far before Trump was ever president, far before he announced, we’re talking, Apprentice days, the ‘you’re fired’ slogan to the birth certificate – release of Obama’s, you know, shady birth certificate, so on and so forth.
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.
They wanted the MAGA movement to go away, and that's why they pushed the shoddy, shady, corrupt election on us. They wanted MAGA and everything President President Trump stood for to go away.
The shady stuff goes on every day and at all hours where people put out big tickets without any intention of filling but with the intention of influencing the price up or down, a lot in crude oil.
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- σκοτεινός, σκιώδης, ανέντιμος, σκιερόςGreek
- sombreado, umbroso, umbríoSpanish
- kyseenalainen, valonarka, varjostava, varjoinen, hämäräperäinen, varjoisaFinnish
- loucheFrench
- bieco, ombroso, losco, torvo, ambiguo, ombreggiatoItalian
- سێبهردارKurdish
- taumarumaruMāori
- umbrosRomanian
- подозрительный, тенистый, тёмный, сомнительныйRussian
- sjenovitSerbo-Croatian
- நிழலானTamil
- 陰Chinese
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