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Synonyms for suspicious
səˈspɪʃ əssus·pi·cious

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English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 3 votes

  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.

    Synonyms:
    envious, jealous

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

    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.

Princeton's WordNet3.8 / 4 votes

  1. leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, waryadjective

    openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

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

    Antonyms:
    trustful, trusting, unquestionable

  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"

    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

    Antonyms:
    unquestionable, trustful, trusting

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. unnervingly

    because unnervingly means you think something is odd which is the definition of suspicious.

    Submitted by rinat on August 28, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 1 vote

  1. suspiciousadjective

    Synonyms:
    distrustful, jealous, inclined to suspect, given to suspicion

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How to use suspicious in a sentence?

  1. Benjamin Brown:

    They are anti-Zionist because they believe that -- according to their religious belief -- there is a prohibition to obey a government which is secular, and a prohibition against establishing a Jewish state before the coming of the Messiah. Only the Messiah can establish Jewish sovereignty and therefore they are really not just suspicious of, but hostile towards, The Israeli government.

  2. Harris County Sheriff Office:

    Homicide investigators believe that Taylor Pomaski has disappeared under very suspicious circumstances and may be the victim of foul play.

  3. James Lewis:

    It's right to be suspicious of the Chinese, but I'm not sure TikTok is a good intelligence tool for them.

  4. Lawayne Mosley:

    It should not have escalated from a suspicious call to my son dying, i should be getting grandbabies from him.

  5. Jeff Carmichael:

    Governments and financial institutions all around the world are grappling with the complexities associated with both monitoring and managing the reporting of suspicious activity given the huge volumes of transactions taking place every day.


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