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shadiness

NOUN

indirection

Synonyms

STRONG

artifice bunk cheating chicane chicanery corruption craft craftiness criminality crookedness cunning deceit deviousness dishonesty double-dealing duplicity faithlessness falsehood falsity flimflam fraud fraudulence graft guile hocus-pocus infamy infidelity insidiousness mendacity perfidiousness perfidy racket rascality shiftiness slyness sneakiness stealing swindle treachery trickery trickiness unscrupulousness wiliness

WEAK

fourberie hanky-panky improbity sharp practice underhandedness

Antonyms

STRONG

artlessness constancy fairness faithfulness fidelity forthrightness frankness goodness honesty honor innocence loyalty openness reality sincerity truth truthfulness

Example Sentences

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And really, what’s to stop the em dash’s sudden shadiness from becoming an illuminating glow?

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2025

The trial has spawned intense media coverage — including true-crime TV series and podcasts — about how a well-heeled legal scion entered a world of mysterious deaths and financial shadiness.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2023

All of this shadiness brought up an important question for Oliver: is there any hope here?

From The Guardian • Apr. 1, 2019

Screenshots are also the weapon of choice for all manner of internet shadiness.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2018

Her cheeks were brilliant, and her eyes not only brighter, but with a slight drooping that gave them the shadiness they sometimes wanted.

From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

shadiness

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