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Definition of fishy in English: fishyadjectivefishiest, fishier ˈfɪʃiˈfɪʃi 1Relating to or resembling fish or a fish. Example sentencesExamples - At last the bus arrived and she climbed aboard, its fishy smell nearly causing her to gag.
- With no fishy smell or taste, it comes in convenient daily-dose packets.
- Things had settled down and there was only one incident on the return journey, apart from, that is, various comments about a fishy smell coming from the back of the coach.
- Otter spraint smells pleasantly musky or fishy.
- A fishy smell littered the streets and vendors were closing their stalls.
- Filled with a strong fishy smell, it is the favoured gathering place for those seeking fresh seafood.
- Lydia supposed that after her walk through the wharves, she and her clothing smelled rather fishy.
- And when it's happened, you can smell it in the air, its very sweet, fishy smell sort of that just wafts across the lagoon.
- It looked quite fishy, but no fish I know wobbles back and forth in spongy fashion when you try to cut it.
- She could smell his stale fishy breath and nearly choked on it.
- It wasn't the most flavourful piece of salmon I have ever eaten, but, then again, if you want a fishy fish, you don't choose salmon.
- It's a delicate white fish that's less fishy and less oily than the kind of catfish that usually gets drowned in chili powder.
- He loved how she enjoyed watching the clouds and he loved how she said the fishy smell of the Polperro docks was heavenly.
- I've never had better fish and chips, and the town didn't actually smell as fishy as you might expect.
- Choose sushi wisely at the grocery store; it should smell fresh, not fishy.
- The strong, fishy smell of these materials may be objectionable.
- The Cognac maintains a natural grape oiliness that can remove the fishy smell in the soup.
- Lunch was that strange not so fishy fish Morgan had been introduced to the first day of her arrival.
- Beluga's cholesterol-packed eggs are the biggest and oiliest; not fishy, but still tasting, mysteriously, of the sea.
- I'm going to warn you here and now: it looks funky and it smells even funkier - a really fishy smell.
Synonyms fishlike, piscine, of fish 2informal Arousing feelings of doubt or suspicion. I'm convinced there is something fishy going on Example sentencesExamples - Some of its doctors were implicated in the murder of their staff members who had suspected something fishy about the whole thing.
- I would go back for the rice alone, but something was seriously fishy about the fish.
- The details about Jacob's mysterious boarding school were also very fishy.
- The mistress would not be the only person to suspect something fishy about Zola's death.
- It all started to smell a bit fishy, shortly after it all became a lot clearer.
- He comes home too late, he gives fishy excuses, a strange woman called the other night and hung up when Patty picked up the extension.
- But put together all the striking aspects of the story, and it smells fishy.
- That doesn't mean, of course, that you should give the next wonderful scientific speaker you hear a fishy glance of suspicion.
- She praised tenacious journalists' ability to smell when something's fishy - and to blow the whistle on it.
- But there's only so much profit they will get away with before businesses start to smell something fishy.
- Still, I can't decide if your question reads as fishy or is simply terribly indicative of your personality.
- Her manner made me suspicious that there was something fishy going on and that I was being taught something that I had to be taught but they would sooner not teach to me.
- Roy remained silent even though he smelled something fishy about the whole situation.
- Something smelled fishy, at least to those on the other end of the phone line.
- Whenever the general apathy characterising public servants gives way to zealousness, we smell something fishy.
- If something smells fishy I avoid it and will tell others about it if I can.
- So when she told Jim that she had to go to Liverpool to nurse this mystery sibling, we should have known there was something fishy going on.
- I found your report on salmon farm fishing both fishy and stinky.
- You don't need to know the first thing about stem cells to smell something fishy here.
- It may be a story, but it's one that smells fishy from the very first sniff.
Synonyms suspicious, questionable, dubious, doubtful, suspect odd, queer, peculiar, strange, not quite right mysterious, murky, dark, shifty, disreputable, underhand informal funny, shady, crooked, bent, not kosher, off British informal dodgy Australian/New Zealand informal shonky
Derivatives adverb ˈfɪʃɪliˈfɪʃəli noun I specifically mentioned the extreme fishiness of resetting my password to ‘password’. Example sentencesExamples - For once the suspicions about the fishiness of the outcome are correct, but not in any pejorative sense.
- In fact it is uncannily like the real thing in appearance, but the taste lacks the level of saltiness and fishiness you would find in the genuine article.
- The tasty fishiness was perfectly preserved in a light marinade.
- It's true what they say - they are just like chicken, with a slight hint of fishiness.
Rhymes dishy, maharishi, squishy, Vichy Definition of fishy in US English: fishyadjectiveˈfɪʃiˈfiSHē 1Relating to or resembling fish or a fish. Example sentencesExamples - Lydia supposed that after her walk through the wharves, she and her clothing smelled rather fishy.
- I'm going to warn you here and now: it looks funky and it smells even funkier - a really fishy smell.
- Otter spraint smells pleasantly musky or fishy.
- The strong, fishy smell of these materials may be objectionable.
- Filled with a strong fishy smell, it is the favoured gathering place for those seeking fresh seafood.
- It's a delicate white fish that's less fishy and less oily than the kind of catfish that usually gets drowned in chili powder.
- It looked quite fishy, but no fish I know wobbles back and forth in spongy fashion when you try to cut it.
- The Cognac maintains a natural grape oiliness that can remove the fishy smell in the soup.
- Beluga's cholesterol-packed eggs are the biggest and oiliest; not fishy, but still tasting, mysteriously, of the sea.
- And when it's happened, you can smell it in the air, its very sweet, fishy smell sort of that just wafts across the lagoon.
- She could smell his stale fishy breath and nearly choked on it.
- Choose sushi wisely at the grocery store; it should smell fresh, not fishy.
- I've never had better fish and chips, and the town didn't actually smell as fishy as you might expect.
- Things had settled down and there was only one incident on the return journey, apart from, that is, various comments about a fishy smell coming from the back of the coach.
- A fishy smell littered the streets and vendors were closing their stalls.
- Lunch was that strange not so fishy fish Morgan had been introduced to the first day of her arrival.
- It wasn't the most flavourful piece of salmon I have ever eaten, but, then again, if you want a fishy fish, you don't choose salmon.
- At last the bus arrived and she climbed aboard, its fishy smell nearly causing her to gag.
- He loved how she enjoyed watching the clouds and he loved how she said the fishy smell of the Polperro docks was heavenly.
- With no fishy smell or taste, it comes in convenient daily-dose packets.
Synonyms fishlike, piscine, of fish 2informal Arousing feelings of doubt or suspicion. I'm convinced there is something fishy going on Example sentencesExamples - He comes home too late, he gives fishy excuses, a strange woman called the other night and hung up when Patty picked up the extension.
- If something smells fishy I avoid it and will tell others about it if I can.
- That doesn't mean, of course, that you should give the next wonderful scientific speaker you hear a fishy glance of suspicion.
- Her manner made me suspicious that there was something fishy going on and that I was being taught something that I had to be taught but they would sooner not teach to me.
- But put together all the striking aspects of the story, and it smells fishy.
- It may be a story, but it's one that smells fishy from the very first sniff.
- Whenever the general apathy characterising public servants gives way to zealousness, we smell something fishy.
- Roy remained silent even though he smelled something fishy about the whole situation.
- She praised tenacious journalists' ability to smell when something's fishy - and to blow the whistle on it.
- Still, I can't decide if your question reads as fishy or is simply terribly indicative of your personality.
- The mistress would not be the only person to suspect something fishy about Zola's death.
- The details about Jacob's mysterious boarding school were also very fishy.
- Something smelled fishy, at least to those on the other end of the phone line.
- You don't need to know the first thing about stem cells to smell something fishy here.
- I found your report on salmon farm fishing both fishy and stinky.
- It all started to smell a bit fishy, shortly after it all became a lot clearer.
- Some of its doctors were implicated in the murder of their staff members who had suspected something fishy about the whole thing.
- I would go back for the rice alone, but something was seriously fishy about the fish.
- So when she told Jim that she had to go to Liverpool to nurse this mystery sibling, we should have known there was something fishy going on.
- But there's only so much profit they will get away with before businesses start to smell something fishy.
Synonyms suspicious, questionable, dubious, doubtful, suspect
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