'Fishy' definitions:
Definition of 'fishy'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to or resembling fish; "the soup had a fishy smell"
adjective
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" [syn: fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious]
Definition of 'Fishy'
From: GCIDE
- Fishy \Fish"y\, a.
- 1. Consisting of fish; fishlike; having the qualities or taste of fish; abounding in fish. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Extravagant, like some stories about catching fish; improbable; also, rank or foul. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fishy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambiguous,
- amoral,
- beguiling,
- blank,
- catchy,
- conscienceless,
- corrupt,
- corrupted,
- criminal,
- crooked,
- dark,
- deadpan,
- deceiving,
- deceptive,
- delusive,
- delusory,
- devious,
- dishonest,
- dishonorable,
- doubtable,
- doubtful,
- dubious,
- dubitable,
- eellike,
- empty,
- equivocal,
- evasive,
- expressionless,
- fallacious,
- false,
- felonious,
- fraudulent,
- funny,
- glassy,
- hallucinatory,
- ill-got,
- ill-gotten,
- illusive,
- illusory,
- immoral,
- impassive,
- implausible,
- improbable,
- indirect,
- inexpressive,
- insidious,
- misleading,
- not kosher,
- odd,
- peculiar,
- piscatorial,
- piscatory,
- pisciform,
- piscine,
- poker-faced,
- problematic,
- queer,
- questionable,
- rotten,
- selachian,
- shady,
- shameless,
- sharkish,
- shifty,
- sinister,
- slippery,
- strange,
- suspect,
- suspicious,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- uncertain,
- unconscienced,
- unconscientious,
- unconscionable,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- unethical,
- unexpressive,
- unlikely,
- unprincipled,
- unsavory,
- unscrupulous,
- unstraightforward,
- vacant,
- without remorse,
- without shame,
- wooden