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FISHY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: fishier    , fishiest   

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not as expected

Example:

suspicious behavior

Synonyms:

fishy; funny; shady; suspect; suspicious

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

questionable (subject to question)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to or resembling fish

Example:

the soup had a fishy smell

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

fish (any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills)

Derivation:

fish (any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills)

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