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shysterish

shysterish adjective: like a shyster; fraudulent, disreputable, dishonest.

Adjective

shysterish (comparative more shysterish, superlative most shysterish)

  1. Like a shyster; fraudulent, disreputable, dishonest.

Forms of shysterish

comparativemore shysterish
superlativemost shysterish

Origin of shysterish

From shyster + -ish.

Questions about shysterish

What does shysterish mean?
Shysterish means like a shyster; fraudulent, disreputable, dishonest.
What part of speech is shysterish?
Shysterish is an adjective.

Words near shysterish in the dictionary

  1. shyshark
  2. shysharks
  3. shyster
  4. shystered
  5. shystering
  6. shysterish
  7. shysterism
  8. shysters
  9. shystie
  10. shystier
  11. shysties

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