Open and Shifty

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Open

Open adjective - Allowing passage without obstruction.
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Shifty is an antonym for open in topics: clear, honest, accessible, undecided, unfastened.
Nearby Words: opening, openness, opened, opener

Shifty

Shifty adjective - Given to acting in secret and to concealing one's intentions.
Usage example: shifty politicians making deals to channel federal funds into their districts
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Open is an antonym for shifty in untrustworthy topic.
Nearby Words: shift, shifting, shifted, shiftless, shiftiness
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  • Film / Rockabilly Zombie Weekend Eye Awaken: The first sign of Shifty and the biker being more than dead is their eyes snapping open.
    Source: Film / Rockabilly Zombie Weekend
  • Evil Chancellor He's quite shifty, he cuts open people for fun and has an unhealthy interest in reanimating the dead, but by the end of the fourth book he's the only one of Cersei's advisers who is still somewhat loyal to her.
    Source: Evil Chancellor
  • All of the Other Reindeer When Kenpachi destroyed the helmet he wore to hide his features, the reaction from others was relief that he was no longer hiding himself because they'd felt the helmet made him seem shifty and now they could trust him because he was being open about himself.
    Source: All of the Other Reindeer
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