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Scaly
- adjective - having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles
- rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf
Scary
- adjective - provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"
Seamy
- adjective - morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"
- showing a seam
Shady
- adjective - (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous; "a shady operation"
- filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands"
- 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"
- of questionable taste or morality; "a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting"
Shaky
- adjective - inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky"
- not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage"
- vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze; "a quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more"; "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier"; "trembling hands"
Shaly
- - Resembling shale in structure.
Slaty
- adjective - of the color of slate or granite; "the slaty sky of dawn"
Snaky
- adjective - resembling a serpent in form; "a serpentine wall"; "snaky ridges in the sand"