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shady
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, dishonest |
| Synonyms: | caitiff, crooked, dirty, fraudulent, inequitable, monstrous, shady, underhand, underhanded, unfair, unjust, unscrupulous, vicious |
| Antonyms: | fair, good, honest, incorrupt, just |
| Main Entry: | infamous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shameful, bad in reputation |
| Synonyms: | abominable, atrocious, base, caitiff, contemptible, corrupt, degenerate, despicable, detestable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, egregious, evil, flagitious, foul, hateful, heinous, ignominious, ill-famed, iniquitous, loathsome, miscreant, monstrous, nefarious, notorious, odious, offensive, opprobrious, outrageous, perverse, questionable, rotten, scandalous, scurvy, shady, shocking, sorry, unhealthy, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked |
| Notes: | famous means widely known, renowned, and esteemed while infamous means having an exceedingly bad reputation, notorious |
| Antonyms: | dignified, glorious, good, innocent, moral, perfect, principled, pure, respectable, righteous, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | leafy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abundant in foliage |
| Synonyms: | abounding, abundant, covered, green, hidden, leafed, leaved, shaded, shady, umbrageous, verdant, wooded |
| Antonyms: | leafless |
| Main Entry: | misbegotten |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illegitimate, illicit |
| Synonyms: | baseborn, bastard, dishonest, disreputable, illegal, natural, poor, shady, spurious, stolen, suppositious, unlawful, unrespectable |
| Antonyms: | lawful, legal, legitimate, licit |
| Main Entry: | notorious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | known for a trait, often an |
| Synonyms: | blatant, dishonorable, disreputable, flagrant, glaring, ill-famed, infamous, leading, noted, obvious, opprobrious, overt, patent, popular, prominent, questionable, scandalous, shady, shameful, unadmirable one belled, undisputed, wanted, well-known, wicked |
| Main Entry: | obscure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cloudy, shadowy |
| Synonyms: | blurred, caliginous, clouded, dark, dense, dim, dusk, dusky, faint, fuliginous, gloomy, indistinct, lightless, murky, obfuscated, shady, somber, tenebrous, umbrageous, unilluminated, unlit, veiled |
| Antonyms: | bright, clear, visible |
| Main Entry: | off-color |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | risqué |
| Synonyms: | blue*, indelicate, purple*, racy, salty, shady, suggestive, vulgar, wicked |
| Antonyms: | clean, nice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | opaque |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clouded, muddy |
| Synonyms: | blurred, cloudy, dark, darkened, dim, dirty, dull, dusky, filmy, foggy, frosty, fuliginous, gloomy, hazy, impenetrable, lusterless, misty, muddied, murky, nontranslucent, nontransparent, nubilous, obfuscated, shady, smoky, sooty, thick, turbid |
| Notes: | oblique means slanting or inclined in direction or course or position - or misleading; opaque means not transmitting or reflecting light - or not clearly understood or expressed |
| Antonyms: | clear, lucid, translucent, transparent, unclouded |
| Main Entry: | prohibited |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forbidden |
| Synonyms: | banned, barred, closed down, contraband, crooked*, illegal, illicit, no-no, not allowed, not approved, off limits, out of bounds, out of line, proscribed, refused, restricted, shady*, taboo, verboten, vetoed, wildcat |
| Antonyms: | allowed, permitted |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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