louche

[ loosh ]

adjective

1. dubious; shady; disreputable.

louche

/ luːʃ /

adjective

1. shifty or disreputable

Word History and Origins

Origin of louche¹

1810–20; < French: literally, cross-eyed; Old French losche, feminine of lois < Latin luscus blind in one eye

Word History and Origins

Origin of louche¹

C19: from French, literally: squinting

Example Sentences

From this louche improbable source pours music of sublime beauty without one false note.

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Both vaporiums I visited included areas to hang out it, like the louche opium dens of old.

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The opalescent, minty-green louche billows under the ice water droplets.

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Akkari and Laban had long been disaffected with life in Denmark, a country they saw as louche and irreligious.

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Temperamentally speaking, Augusta is so small “c” conservative it makes George Will look louche by comparison.

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M. de Montrond talks of returning to Louche to put his poor body in a bath.

From Project Gutenberg

His conduct, as the Juge d'Instruction told him, without mincing matters, was undeniably louche.

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"Young Mr. Richie Gardiner seemed louche" she observed after a silence which Warren seemed willing indefinitely to prolong.

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Clarendon told me this was only one of many instances in which the conduct of the French had been very louche and insincere.

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The aunt will refuse; she will think the whole proceeding very louche!

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