TRICKY

adj. 1 deceitful, shady, deceptive, shifty, dodgy, artful, guileful, crafty, duplicitous, shrewd, cunning, dishonest, devious, sly, wily, slippery, foxy, double-dealing, cheating Arthur is a tricky chap and I shouldn't trust him 2 ticklish, risky, hazardous, sensitive, delicate, touch-and-go, thorny, difficult, awkward, complex, complicated, knotty, uncertain, debatable, Colloq iffy, sticky It is a tricky decision whether you tell a patient how ill he really is 3 unfair, unjust, unsportsmanlike, deceptive, Colloq trick There were some tricky questions in today's exam