The meaning of FISHY is of or resembling fish especially in taste or odor. How to use fishy in a sentence.

Idiom smell fishy (Definition of fishy from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

1. Resembling or suggestive of fish, as in taste or odor. 2. Cold or expressionless: a fishy stare. 3. Informal Inspiring doubt or suspicion: Something is fishy about the accident.

Definition of fishy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

fish•y (fish′ ē), adj., fish•i•er, fish•i•est. like a fish in shape, smell, taste, or the like. consisting of fish. abounding in fish. Informal Terms improbable, as a story; unlikely. Informal Terms of questionable …

Fishy is a term used to describe something that arouses suspicion or isn't right or clear, causing doubt and mistrust. This term usually indicates that something is theoretically, morally, or legally doubtful.

Definition of fishy. English dictionary and integrated thesaurus for learners, writers, teachers, and students with advanced, intermediate, and beginner levels.

FISHY definition: like a fish in shape, smell, taste, or the like. See examples of fishy used in a sentence.

If you describe a situation as fishy, you feel that someone is not telling the truth or behaving completely honestly.

That story sounds/smells fishy [= suspicious, dubious] to me. There's something fishy about that guy.