Adjective: dodgy (dodgier,dodgiest) dó-jee
Usage: Brit, informal
Usage: Brit, informal
- Of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
"an extremely dodgy future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog";
- chancy, chanceful [archaic], dicey [informal]
- Marked by skill in deception
"dodgy men often pass for wise";
- crafty, cunning, foxy, guileful, knavish, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily
- Of questionable motive; of doubtful legality, value, truth, honesty, etc.
"there was something dodgy about the accident";
- fishy [informal], funny, shady [informal], suspect, suspicious, sus [informal]
- Of low or doubtful quality
"The used car salesman seemed a bit dodgy"
Derived forms: dodgier, dodgiest
See also: artful, dangerous, questionable, unsafe
Encyclopedia: Dodgy