v. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

adj. not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"

adj. beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"

v. pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops"

v. expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?"; "She laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was wrong"

v. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

v. get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"

adj. lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance

adj. not worthy of trust or belief; "an untrustworthy person"

adj. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"

adj. not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred; "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an improbable event"

adj. deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive

adj. not easily explained; "it is odd that his name is never mentioned"

adj. cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"

adj. full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein"

adj. like a clown; "a buffoonish walk"; "a clownish face"; "a zany sense of humor"

adj. conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"

adj. not usual or common or ordinary; "a scene of unusual beauty"; "a man of unusual ability"; "cruel and unusual punishment"; "an unusual meteorite"

adj. providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining; "an amusing speaker"; "a diverting story"; "a fun thing to do"

adj. peculiar to the individual; "we all have our own idiosyncratic gestures"; "Michelangelo's highly idiosyncratic style of painting"

adj. not representative of a group, class, or type; "a group that is atypical of the target audience"; "a class of atypical mosses"; "atypical behavior is not the accepted type of response that we expect from children"

adj. not frequently used or experienced: "a rare word"; "an unwonted softness in her old face"

adj. unusual or striking; "a remarkable sight"; "such poise is singular in one so young"

adj. radically distinctive and without equal; "he is alone in the field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history"

adj. not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature; "an unnatural death"; "the child's unnatural interest in death"

adj. doubtful or suspect; "these so-called experts are no help"

adj. being of questionable authenticity

adj. subject to disagreement and debate

adj. open to doubt or debate; "If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic"

adj. open to doubt or suspicion; "the candidate's doubtful past"; "he has a dubious record indeed"; "what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false"; "it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought"- Karen Horney

adj. subject to being discredited

adj. as claimed by and for yourself often without justification; "the self-styled `doctor' has no degree of any kind"

adj. ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror"

adj. remote from populous or much-traveled regions; "found a quiet out-of-the-way resort"

adj. strange in an interesting or pleasing way; "quaint dialect words"; "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities"

v. make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"

v. cast a shadow over