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Adjective: fishy (fishier,fishiest)  fi-shee
  1. [informal] Of questionable motive; of doubtful legality, value, truth, honesty, etc.
    "there was something fishy about the accident";
    - funny, shady [informal], suspect, suspicious, dodgy [Brit, informal]
     
  2. Of or relating to or resembling fish
    "the soup had a fishy smell"

Derived forms: fishier, fishiest

See also: questionable

Encyclopedia: Fishy