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
Hang Nguyen, aka the Hang Edit, has also hopped on the fishy trend, though her take was more photorealistic.
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Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 5 May 2025
Always rely on official IRS government websites and beware of fishy offers of help with high price tags or sensational promises.
—Cora Lewis, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
By Sam Reed But the hatch wasn’t the only thing that seemed fishy to certain internet users.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 16 Apr. 2025
But Shauna, sensing that something fishy was going on, changed her place in the circle so that Mari wound up with the death card.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 11 Apr. 2025
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Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 5 May 2025
Always rely on official IRS government websites and beware of fishy offers of help with high price tags or sensational promises.
—Cora Lewis, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
By Sam Reed But the hatch wasn’t the only thing that seemed fishy to certain internet users.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 16 Apr. 2025
But Shauna, sensing that something fishy was going on, changed her place in the circle so that Mari wound up with the death card.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fishy
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Clark took a series of questionable fouls from Reese's Sky throughout the 2024 season, including one from Reese June 16.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2025
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The Trump Administration has unleashed a torrent of unconstitutional executive orders and other questionable legal actions; with many of them, its goal seems less to win in the end than to inflict as much damage as possible along the way.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
17 May 2025
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Their dubious ‘reward’ for topping the league phase table was a matchup with another of the best teams on the continent, Paris Saint-Germain, who had underperformed in the league phase but were an obvious sleeping giant.—
James Nalton,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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After the 2020 election, Fox took her off the air because her promotion of the false contention Dominion voting machines rigged the election against Trump became part of its $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox. Pirro and Martin are not the only dubious department appointees.—
Carl Leubsdorf,
Mercury News,
16 May 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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Hours before tip-off, word spread that Gordon was doubtful to play and that this injury would take weeks to recover from.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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Nonetheless, the stock has declined nearly 40% from its peak in 2024, as investors remain doubtful regarding these plans.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Whether or not Jones would have wanted his character to feature in Fortnite is debatable, but strangely enough, Disney’s Star Wars has inspired similar debates in the past.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Whether that was the best ploy is debatable, particularly as results on the field have waned.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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“Fishy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fishy. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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