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part of his shadowy past. 3 spectral, ghostly, phantom,
phantasmal, wraithlike, phantasmagoric(al), illusory, dreamlike,
imaginary, visionary, chimerical, hallucinatory, unreal,
unsubstantial, fleeting, impalpable, transitory, ethereal,
immaterial: He saw shadowy figures lurking near the tomb. The
plaintiff's case is shadowy, to say the least. 4 See shady, 2,
below.
shady adj. 1 See shadowy, 1, above. 2 indistinct, indefinite,
questionable, doubtful, uncertain, unreliable, suspicious,
suspect, dubious, shifty, disreputable; devious, tricky,
slippery, underhand(ed), unethical, unscrupulous, dishonourable,
dishonest, Colloq fishy, crooked, bent, not (strictly) kosher:
The minister's shady past will be revealed in the next issue of
Tribune . She got involved with some shady character who had
just come out of prison.
shaft
n. 1 pole, rod, staff, stick, stem, shank, handle, helve;
pillar, column, post, stanchion, upright: The shaft of the
harpoon splintered as the whale suddenly plunged downwards.
These shafts help support the upper storey. 2 beam, ray, gleam,
streak, pencil: At exactly noon on the winter solstice a shaft
of light struck the altar at the centre of the stone circle. 3
thrust, barb, sting, dart, gibe or jibe, barb, Colloq slap (in
the face), knock, put-down: After the episode in the
restaurant, Barbara had to suffer the shafts of her colleagues
and their teasing. 4 mine-shaft, tunnel, adit, well, pit;
air-shaft, duct, flue: How many men went down the shaft in the
first shift? The screen over the ventilating shaft must be kept
clean.
shaggy adj. hairy, woolly, unkempt, unshorn, uncut, hirsute,
dishevelled, matted, untidy: They had a large black dog with
shaggy hair and a great bushy tail.
shake
v. 1 quiver, quake, shudder, waver, wobble, tremble, shiver:
The poor child is shaking from the cold. 2 wiggle, wriggle,
squirm, shimmy, twitch, joggle, jiggle, waggle, sway, swing,
roll, bump, grind, vibrate, oscillate, pulsate, gyrate: When
Lola shakes her hips the strongest men have been known to
weaken. 3 weaken, undermined, impair, harm, damage, discourage;
disenchant, disappoint, disaffect: The incident shook my faith
in the political party I had supported all my voting life. 4