fishy

Meaning

Adj

1. Of, from, or similar to fish.
2. (figuratively) Suspicious; inspiring doubt.
3. Of a drag queen or a trans woman: appearing very feminine and resembling a cisgender woman.

Noun

Diminutive of fish.

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fish

• Noun
• Verb

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Synonyms

suspicious

shady

suspect

fish

🐟

funny

😄

stinking

odd

piscine

doubtful

obscure

peculiar

queer

questionable

raw

smelly

strange

strong

tenebrous

suss

twilight

twilit

weird

fishlike

suspicious looking

fish-like

underlanded

ambiguous

bad-minded

cold-blooded

curious

dark

dubious

dusky

eccentric

improbable

murk

Translations

suspect

sospetto

louche

sospechoso

verdächtig

suspeito

fischig

douteux

verdacht

anrüchig

trüb

soupçonneux

sospettoso

Fischchen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɪʃi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: fishi

In summary

From Middle English fishi, fischey, equivalent to fish + -y.