Antonyms for suspicious
səˈspɪʃ əssus·pi·cious

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1. suspicious

   One is envious who cherishes selfish ill will toward another because of his superior success, endowments, possessions, or the like. A person is envious of that which is another's, and to which he himself has no right or claim; he is jealous of intrusion upon that which is his own, or to which he maintains a right or claim. An envious spirit is always bad; a jealous spirit may be good or bad, according to its object and tendency. A free people must be jealous of their liberties if they would retain them. One is suspicious of another from unfavorable indications or from a knowledge of wrong in his previous conduct, or even without reason. Compare DOUBT.

   Antonyms:
   contented, friendly, kindly, satisfied, trustful, well-disposed

   Synonyms:
   envious, jealous

   Preposition:
   Envious of (formerly at or against) a person; envious of his wealth or power; envious of him for, because of, on account of his wealth or power.

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1. leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, waryadjective

   openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

   Antonyms:
   trustful, trusting, unquestionable

   Synonyms:
   fishy, leery, wary, shady, funny, suspect, untrusting, mistrustful

2. fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspiciousadjective

   not as expected

   "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"

   Antonyms:
   unquestionable, trustful, trusting

   Synonyms:
   fly-by-night, shady, louche, comic, laughable, rum, shadowed, untrusting, umbrageous, singular, odd, wary, amusing, comical, leery, funny, mirthful, risible, fishy, peculiar, shadowy, mistrustful, suspect, rummy, curious

How to use suspicious in a sentence?

1. Ed Bridgeman:

   In the past, individuals have used a' dead man’s switch' hidden in a single glove that allows them to trigger a detonator if they shot or get caught, behavioral clues are key. How were these men dressed ? Were they dressed for appropriately for the climate and a long airplane ride ? Were they acting suspicious ?

2. Dave Walton:

   I really hope we can finally get some answers to what happened, right now, I am suspicious of anything Biden will say about his commitment to ethanol, but we do need to hear from him.

3. North Korea:

   North Korea has a long track record of suspicious deaths around high-level officials, most die either because they are machine-gunned, or they die in car crashes.

4. John Sandblom:

   You have to understand that when you have dementia you lose a lot of your natural perceptions of what others are doing, so, a lot of us get a little nervous or suspicious. I think that's a natural human reaction to knowing that you're not picking up on things very well.

5. Chakrit Chosoomuang:

   There are hundreds of protesters here but we have yet to detect anything suspicious.

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