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, suspicious, 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, suspicious, 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. The FBI:

   The FBI is aware of the series of bomb threats around the country and we are working with our law enforcement partners to address any potential threats, as always, we would like to remind members of the public that if they observe anything suspicious to report it to law enforcement immediately.

2. William Frey:

   There is nothing suspicious about winning the presidency with a smaller number of counties, counties vary widely in size, with large urban and suburban counties – areas where Biden did best – housing far larger populations than most of the outer suburb, small town and rural counties that Trump won.

3. 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.

4. Chief Kevin Davis:

   Because we received information that has a public safety value to it, it's just our responsibility to have a greater presence, to be more aware, and to ask the community to have their eyes and ears peeled for suspicious activities.

5. The IAAF:

   In 2011, there was a huge influx of suspicious profiles coming through the ABP, no cases were concealed or suppressed, the IAAF simply tackled them in order of importance. .