Meanings
comparative iffier · superlative iffiest
- slangOf dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality.
He's selling new CD players for £20 each – that sounds a bit iffy to me.
- Uncertain or chancy; risky.
The weather is still iffy for Saturday's rocket launch.
3 more examples
That potato salad smells a bit iffy. Don't chance it — it's not worth salmonellosis.
“He’s underground, anyway, so reception would be iffy.”
2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 416"Definitely something iffy, that's for sure.”
2011, Terry Pratchett, Snuff, Doubleday, page 60
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Translations
Czech pochybný, podezřelý
- pochybnýOf dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality
- podezřelýOf dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality
- všelijakýOf dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality
- nejistýuncertain
Finnish epäilyttävä
- epäilyttäväOf dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality
French louche
- loucheOf dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality
German dubios, zweifelhaft
- dubiosOf dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality
- zweifelhaftOf dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality
Italian sospetto
- sospettoOf dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality
Latin dubius
- dubiusOf dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality
Portuguese suspeito, dúbio
- suspeitoOf dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality
- dúbioOf dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality
- questionávelOf dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality
Romanian dubios
- dubiosOf dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality
Russian сомни́тельный, подозри́тельный
- сомни́тельный (somnítelʹnyj)Of dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality
- подозри́тельный (podozrítelʹnyj)Of dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality
Slovak neistý
- neistýOf dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality
Swedish skum
- skumOf dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality
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Cite this entry
iffy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iffy
“iffy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iffy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “iffy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iffy.
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