DODGY

crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily

(adjective) marked by skill in deception; “cunning men often pass for wise”; “deep political machinations”; “a foxy scheme”; “a slick evasive answer”; “sly as a fox”; “tricky Dick”; “a wily old attorney”

chancy, chanceful, dicey, dodgy

(adjective) of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; “an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog”- New Yorker

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

dodgy (comparative dodgier, superlative dodgiest)

(UK, Australian, NZ) evasive and shifty

(UK, Australian, NZ) unsound and unreliable

dishonest

risky

deviant

uncomfortable and weird

Synonyms

• (all): dodge (Australia)

• (unsound and unreliable): shaky, flaky

• (risky): chancy, risky

Anagrams

• Goddy

Source: Wiktionary



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