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fish·y
 fishy
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- pronunciation:
- fI
shi
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part of speech: |
adjective |
inflections: |
fishier, fishiest |
definition 1: |
like a fish in taste or smell.
After catching a trout, my hands smelled fishy. |
definition 2: |
cold and without life or feeling.
The exhausted man had a fishy look in his eye.- synonyms:
- expressionless
- similar words:
- blank, dull, empty, vacant
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definition 3: |
(informal) seeming not to be true or likely.
His story about the alien sounded fishy.- synonyms:
- suspicious
- similar words:
- doubtful, embroidered, peculiar, shady, slippery, unreliable
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related words: |
incredible |
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derivations: |
fishily (adv.), fishiness (n.) |
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