fishy

Modifying Another Word

• slightly: They vary in length and are black and sticky when fresh and smell slightly fishy.
• very: I think there's something very fishy going on at the European Space Center.
• little: Best regards Chris Editor Says: Something smells a little fishy here.
• distinctly: In between are many of the best-value eateries in Nice, most with a distinctly fishy flavor.
• so: The lobster was returned as it smelled so fishy that we were almost sick and thought that it might actually be off.
• not: Car SOUND better, smells better ( i.e not fishy ), MUCH more reliable.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• smell: Meanwhile Head of Prison Security Perry ( Ron Cook ) smells something fishy.
• suspect: All goes well for them until Herringbone begins to suspect that something fishy is going on between them and plots his sinister revenge.. .
• sound: All sounds a bit fishy, " says last week's winner, Stephen Maddock.

Modifies a noun

• smell: At least that fishy smell about the place has gone.
• tale: January's Puzzle: We have a particularly fishy tale to get your New Year underway.
• flavor: Oyster mushrooms also grow on trees & are bluey white, look rather like oyster shells & even have a fishy flavor.
• taste: This caters for consumer preference, as well as ensuring that eggs do not acquire a fishy taste.
• friend: He points out that we are much more like our fishy friends than we think.
• fact: Back to fishy facts 2. What do my fish eat?

Used with adjective complement

• smell: Fresh salmon never smells fishy, it smells fresh.
• seem: Seems damn fishy that this man could pass the RN vetting committee, whilst harboring mad thoughts.
• sound: The very name sounds fishy, don't you think?
• look: It looked fishy to me, so I went, in search of a story.
• feel: Poached salmon in a cream and mustard sauce Crayfish tails provencale Sirloin steak if you don't feel fishy!