fishier

Adjective

fishy (comparative fishier, superlative fishiest)

1. Of, from, or similar to fish.
   • What is that fishy odor?

   Synonyms:

   fishlike, fishly, ichthyic, piscine, fishen, fishish

2. (figuratively) Suspicious; inspiring doubt.
   • I don't trust him; his claims seem fishy to me.

   Synonyms:

   dodgy, dubious, dicey, iffy, questionable, shady, shonky, sketchy

3. (LGBTQ slang) Of a drag queen or a trans woman: appearing very feminine and resembling a cisgender woman.
   • One day I dressed up all out fishy to go to my mother's place. I knocked and started walking in past her. She was like 'Can I help you?' I said, 'Ma?' and she was like OMG! She actually thought I was one of her boyfriend's hoochie [mamas].2014, Todd Kachinski Kottmeier, Steve Hammond, “Mother’s Pretty Dress”, in DRAG411’s Official Drag Handbook, 4th edition, [s.l.]: BecHavn Publishing, →ISBN, page 46