Was heißt »zwie­lich­tig« auf Englisch?

Das Adjektiv zwie­lich­tig lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • dubious
  • seedy
  • shady

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Tom wirkt zwielichtig.

Tom looks dubious.

Jene Webseite wirkt ein bisschen zwielichtig, ich würde dort keine Kreditkarteninformation eingeben.

That website seems a bit dodgy, I wouldn't enter your credit card information there.

Synonyme

am­bi­va­lent:
ambivalent
be­rüch­tigt:
infamous
notorious
du­bi­os:
doubtful
dun­kel:
dark
frag­wür­dig:
questionable
krumm:
crooked
omi­nös:
ominous
schil­lernd:
iridescent
su­s­pekt:
suspect
suspicious
un­durch­schau­bar:
inexplicable
inscrutable
ver­däch­tig:
doubtful
suspicious
ver­ru­fen:
infamous
win­dig:
windy
zwei­fel­haft:
doubtful

Antonyme

ehr­lich:
real
really
ver­trau­ens­wür­dig:
reliable
trustworthy
trusty

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Tom got a computer virus while he was watching videos on dubious Internet sites.

  • There is a highly dubious award for particularly dog-hating acts.

  • "Everything hunky-dory?" is a colloquial expression of dubious quality.

  • Tom is dubious, isn't he?

  • Tom said that he was dubious.

  • He came back two hours later and received the same answer, accompanied by a rather dubious look from the footman.

  • Their honesty is dubious.

  • Tom was dubious.

  • Her attraction was dubious even after the second glass of wine.

  • Tom is dubious.

  • Mary is a woman of dubious virtue.

  • Tom has a dubious reputation.

  • Tom and Mary live in a seedy rundown neighbourhood.

  • I'm dubious about claims to speak more than five languages fluently.

  • My uncle's brother's son got involved in a shady business and disgraced the family.

Zwie­lich­tig übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: zwielichtig. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: zwielichtig. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 9014032, 11965566, 8743632, 8297577, 7932587, 6898860, 6438820, 3941608, 3802582, 3727763, 2497321, 2236671, 1595207, 1520386, 1397753, 562346 & 24029. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR