dodgyadjective
uk/ˈdɒdʒ.i/us/ˈdɑː.dʒi/UK informaldodgy adjective (NOT HONEST)
dishonest:
a dodgy deal
They got involved with a dodgy businessman and lost all their savings.
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Dishonest
- bad faith
- be rotten to the core idiom
- be up to no good idiom
- bent
- cowboy
- down-and-dirty
- dubious
- false
- finagle
- fishy
- low-down
- malfeasance
- mendacious
- misleading
- perjure
- sugar-coated
- underhand
- unreliable
- unscrupulous
- unsporting
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dodgy adjective (NOT RELIABLE)
likely to fail or cause problems:
The weather might be a bit dodgy at this time of year.
I can't come in to work today - I've got a bit of a dodgy stomach.
It was a dodgy situation.
likely to break or cause pain:
Careful - that chair's a bit dodgy.
Ever since the accident I've had this dodgy leg.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Dangers and threats
- baneful
- black spot
- brinkmanship
- calculated risk
- chance
- darkly
- desperately
- firetrap
- gamble
- hazard
- hazardous
- hazmat
- high-risk
- hostage
- perilous
- poisoned chalice
- precarious
- pull
- pull a gun, knife, etc. on sb idiom
- treacherous
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Uncertainty
Fragile and breakable
Pain & painful