as in questionable
giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged
something's fishy about the way he's acting
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Recent Examples of fishy
Those who experience side effects like nausea, diarrhea, or a fishy aftertaste may be signs that fish oil isn’t well-tolerated.
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Amy Brownstein, Ms, Rdn, Verywell Health, 7 Apr. 2025
Something fishy in our past While the common ancestor of vertebrates with synovial joints is still a mystery, the oldest specimen with evidence of these joints is Bothriolepis canadensis, a fish that lived about 387 to 360 million years ago during the Middle to Late Devonian period.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2025
But Bajaj saw something fishy in his final dataset.
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Common varieties are often described as salty, umami (earthy), fishy, or briny.
—Adrienne Dellwo, Verywell Health, 14 Mar. 2025
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Amy Brownstein, Ms, Rdn, Verywell Health, 7 Apr. 2025
Something fishy in our past While the common ancestor of vertebrates with synovial joints is still a mystery, the oldest specimen with evidence of these joints is Bothriolepis canadensis, a fish that lived about 387 to 360 million years ago during the Middle to Late Devonian period.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2025
But Bajaj saw something fishy in his final dataset.
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Common varieties are often described as salty, umami (earthy), fishy, or briny.
—Adrienne Dellwo, Verywell Health, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fishy
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Or couldn’t, thanks in part to questionable player usage by coach Jim Hiller.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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The deportation of Venezuelan men to a hellish mega-prison in El Salvador, on the questionable suspicion of gang affiliations, based on the presence of tattoos: flowers, a soccer logo, an autism-awareness ribbon.—
Jia Tolentino,
New Yorker,
3 May 2025
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Mary’s fixation on commemorating James’ dubious talents.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
2 May 2025
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Together, these studies indicate that boys may be especially sensitive to the quality of early caregiving—an argument to both increase social support for families and resist dubious assumptions that boys do not require substantial affectionate nurturing.—
Joshua Coleman,
The Atlantic,
30 Apr. 2025
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While trying to solve the mystery of the stalker, Reese becomes suspicious of Eros' friend and roommate, Peyton (Mirela Balić).—
Christopher Rudolph,
People.com,
13 May 2025
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Aurora police received reports at about 3 p.m. Monday of a suspicious person trespassing at The Parking Spot in the 19900 block of East 56th Avenue, trying to break into vehicles and refusing to leave, according to a news release from the police department.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
13 May 2025
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This is potentially problematic to some U.S. analysts, given Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s close ties with China.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
14 May 2025
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The president’s high-profile and problematic approach to deportation, while politically popular with his constituency, costs a lot of money.—
Veronique de Rugy,
Twin Cities,
13 May 2025
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The Celtics ruled the 34-year-old out the day before each of their last two games rather than listing him as questionable or doubtful.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
28 Apr. 2025
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As for Tatum, he is listed as doubtful ahead of Game 3.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Whether tariffs are good policy or not is debatable.—
Vicki Abeles,
Mercury News,
7 May 2025
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What is not debatable is that the US-Ukraine minerals deal, while hollow in immediate extractive gain for the US and in many respects a Trump defeat, heralds a new age.—
Wesley Alexander Hill,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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“Fishy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fishy. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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