Shady vs. Suspicious — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Shady and Suspicious
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Shady
Full of shade; shaded
Found a cool, shady spot under some trees.
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Suspicious
Having or showing a cautious distrust of someone or something
He was suspicious of her motives
She gave him a suspicious look
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Shady
Casting shade
A large, shady elm.
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Suspicious
Arousing or apt to arouse suspicion; questionable
Suspicious behavior.
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Shady
Of dubious character, morality, or legality; questionable
"men who could indulge in any shady deal in downtown offices and still pose as beneficent angels ... on the golf course" (Louis Auchincloss).
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Suspicious
Tending to suspect; distrustful
A suspicious nature.
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Shady
Abounding in shades.
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Suspicious
Expressing suspicion
A suspicious look.
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Shady
Causing shade.
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Suspicious
Arousing suspicion.
His suspicious behaviour brought him to the attention of the police.
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Shady
Overspread with shade; sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
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Suspicious
Distrustful or tending to suspect.
I have a suspicious attitude to get-rich-quick schemes.
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Shady
(informal) Not trustworthy; disreputable.
He is a shady character.
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Suspicious
Expressing suspicion
She gave me a suspicious look.
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Shady
Mean, cruel.
Don't be shady, give us a go.
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Suspicious
Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof.
Nature itself, after it has done an injury, will ever be suspicious; and no man can love the person he suspects.
Many mischievous insects are daily at work to make men of merit suspicious of each other.
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Shady
Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade.
The shady trees cover him with their shadow.
And Amaryllis fills the shady groves.
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Suspicious
Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear.
We have a suspicious, fearful, constrained countenance.
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Shady
Sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
Cast it also that you may have rooms shady for summer and warm for winter.
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Suspicious
Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving reason to imagine ill; questionable; as, an author of suspicious innovations; suspicious circumstances.
I spy a black, suspicious, threatening could.
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Shady
Of or pertaining to shade or darkness;
Shady characters, disreputable, criminal.
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Suspicious
Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
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Shady
Of businesses and businessmen;
A fly-by-night operation
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Suspicious
Not as expected;
There was something fishy about the accident
Up to some funny business
Some definitely queer goings-on
A shady deal
Her motives were suspect
Suspicious behavior
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Shady
Of questionable taste or morality;
A louche nightclub
A louche painting
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Shady
Not as expected;
There was something fishy about the accident
Up to some funny business
Some definitely queer goings-on
A shady deal
Her motives were suspect
Suspicious behavior
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Shady
Filled with shade;
The shady side of the street
The surface of the pond is dark and shadowed
We sat on rocks in a shadowy cove
Cool umbrageous woodlands
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