shifty
Meaning of shifty
adjective
- (of a person or their manner) appearing deceitful or evasive.
he had a shifty look about him
- constantly changing; shifting.
it was a close race in a shifty wind on smooth water
Information about shifty
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Hyphenation of shifty
shifty
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- shifty is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
shifty synonyms
Meaning devious:
Meaning shifting:
Meaning tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, especially by responding only indirectly:
Meaning (of a person) evasive and unpredictable; not to be relied on:
Meaning deceitful:
Meaning not according with truth or fact; incorrect:
Meaning guilty of or involving deceit; deceiving or misleading others:
Meaning acting or done in a secret or dishonest way:
Meaning not able to be relied on as honest or truthful:
Meaning behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way:
Meaning of doubtful honesty or legality:
Meaning skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully:
Meaning clever at achieving one's aims by indirect or deceitful methods:
Meaning having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion:
Meaning deceitful or crafty:
Meaning furtive; sly:
Meaning attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive:
Meaning guilty of or involving betrayal or deception:
Meaning clever or skilful, especially in a crafty or cunning way:
Meaning having or showing a cunning and deceitful nature:
Meaning given to or involved in making secret and underhand plans:
Meaning create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice:
Meaning derogatory or mocking in an indirect way:
Meaning resembling or likened to a fox:
Meaning full of uncertainty; doubtful:
Meaning dishonest, unreliable, or illegal, especially in a devious way:
shifty antonyms
Meaning free of deceit; truthful and sincere:
Meaning allowing access, passage, or a view through an empty space; not closed or blocked:
Meaning able to be relied on as honest or truthful:
Translation of shifty
- Spanish: ladino, engañoso, taimado, taimada, ladina
- Italian: subdolo, ingannevole, sleale
- German: hinterlistig, hinterhältig, verschlagen, zwielichtig
- French: sournois, trompeur, fourbe
- Portuguese: desleal
Words that rhyme with shifty
fifty, makeshifty, unshifty, Clifty, clifty, mifty, nifty, snifty, drifty, overthrifty, rifty, spendthrifty, thrifty, unthrifty, caitifty, swifty, wifty
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