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chiefly British
Synonyms & Antonyms of dodgy
1
requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling
- getting the trade unions to go along with the agreement will be a rather dodgy piece of work
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2
clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means
- needed a dodgy barrister to get him acquitted of the charge
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- crooked,
- deceitful,
- deceptive,
- dishonest,
- fraudulent,
- insinuating,
- knavish,
- Machiavellian,
- oblique,
- serpentine,
- shady,
- shifty,
- slippery,
- sneaky,
- treacherous,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- unscrupulous
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3
giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged
- the authenticity of the "lost" Shakespearean sonnet was more than a little dodgy
Synonyms for dodgy
- debatable,
- disputable,
- doubtable,
- doubtful,
- dubious,
- dubitable,
- equivocal,
- fishy,
- problematic
- (also problematical),
- queer,
- questionable,
- shady,
- shaky,
- suspect,
- suspicious
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The first known use of dodgy was in 1861
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