Synonyms 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.

   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.

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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

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1. unnervingly

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

   Submitted by rinat on August 28, 2019  

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1. suspiciousadjective

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "suspicious":

   suspect, suspected, dubious, questionable, doubtful, suspects, distrustful, mistrustful, unsub, wary, shady, dodgy

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1. Eric Abramovitz:

   It was scary to even confront that thought given how much I trusted her, but over time it started to sink in and I became more and more suspicious that maybe she had done it, as unpleasant as it was to imagine.

2. Greg Mullen:

   This is an all-hands-on-deck effort with the community as well as law enforcement, when people go out, they should be vigilant, they should be aware of their surroundings. And if they see anything suspicious, they should call law enforcement.

3. The FBI:

   As always, we encourage the public to remain vigilant and to promptly report suspicious activities which could represent a threat to public safety.

4. Harry Sarfo:

   When they go back to France or in Germany, they can say, ‘I was only on holidays in Turkey,’ the longer they stay in the Islamic State, the more suspicious the secret service in the West gets, and that’s why they try to do the training as quickly as possible.

5. Pat Fallon:

   It’s simple – Hunter Biden is a threat to our national security and Americans deserve to know if his business transactions put our country’s well-being at risk, for weeks, the Biden Administration has denied Ranking Member Comer’s access to Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) surrounding Hunter Biden’s business endeavors.