suspicious

(sə-spĭsh'əs)
adj.

1. Arousing or apt to arouse suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior.
2. Tending to suspect; distrustful: a suspicious nature.
3. Expressing suspicion: a suspicious look.

suspiciously sus·pi'cious·ly adv.
suspiciousness sus·pi'cious·ness n.

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adjective

1. Of dubious character: doubtful, equivocal, questionable, shady, suspect, uncertain. Informal fishy. See honest/dishonest.
2. Lacking trust or confidence: distrustful, doubting, leery, mistrustful, untrusting. See trust/distrust.

adj

Definition: distrustful
Antonyms: innocent, trustworthy, trusty

adj

Definition: doubtful, fishy
Antonyms: believable, indubious, palpable, undoubted, unquestionable

IN BRIEF: Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.

You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet. — Hal Borland (1900-1978)

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For a list of words related to suspicious, see:

• Cold, Unfriendly, Irritable, or Cruel
• Introverted, Reserved, Isolated, or Mysterious

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See words rhyming with "suspicious."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - mistænkelig, mistænksom, fordægtig

Nederlands (Dutch)
verdacht, achterdochtig, wantrouwend

Français (French)
adj. - méfiant, suspect, louche

Deutsch (German)
adj. - verdächtig, mißtrauisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - καχύποπτος, φιλύποπτος, υποψιασμένος, ύποπτος

Italiano (Italian)
sospetto, sospettoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - suspeito

Русский (Russian)
подозрительный, недоверчивый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sospechoso, desconfiado, mal pensado, receloso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - misstänkt, misstänksam, misstrogen, suspekt, tvivelaktig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
可疑的, 怀疑的, 疑惧的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 可疑的, 懷疑的, 疑懼的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 의심 많은, 신용하지 않는, 의심스러운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 疑い深い, 嫌疑を起こさせる, 怪しい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مشبوه , شكاك‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חשוד, מפוקפק, מעורר חשד, חשדני, חושד‬

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