suspicious
300
2.7
- adjective
- /səˈspɪʃəs/
:
sospechoso
- You live across the hall, so of course they're gonna inquire if you heard anything suspicious.
- suspicious activity
- highly suspicious
- suspicious circumstances
He looks suspicious to the police officer and he runs.
- He looks suspicious to the police officer and he runs.
- So the timing of Virginia's on alignment is really suspicious to to the JE community.
- The Coast Guard got suspicious when they realized all the fish were flying fish.
- Next up the title is suspicious person walking street.
- Again, not like crazy suspicious, but like pretty weird.
- I think the dumpling is just too suspicious screen after all.
- Yes, yes, That was a suspicious yes yes.
- So it looked, you know, suspicious of a homicide, you know, so.
- And although it is certainly suspicious how I say live your bliss.
- From the beginning, I was probably most suspicious about hi.
- So I, you know, that that's a little suspicious to me.
Examples
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Hello, I'd like to report a suspicious person at 947 Oak Lane.
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- Did you see anything or anyone suspicious as you were leaving?
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People doubt that the earth is round because they are suspicious of the people telling them.
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There was nothing suspicious on his phone or laptop.
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So when Pumps was married, we were suspicious that her husband was up to no good.
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When a patient has annual chest infections, are you suspicious that you might be missing something?
Academic text (2011) -
We should be very suspicious of this communist regime.
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Report suspicious activity and then call 911 for immediate response.
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The anonymous tip also indicated to police the direction in which the suspicious vehicle was traveling.
Academic text (2017) -
The manager became suspicious when he noticed discrepancies in the financial reports.
Synonyms
687
4.1
Strange in a way that makes you think something is wrong
98
5.3
Seen as probably dishonest or not trustworthy
90
6.5
Not clearly true or trustworthy and causing doubt
79
5.5
Not honest and likely to do illegal things
50
4.4
Seeming dishonest and making people feel suspicious
38
3.0
Not likely to be true or real
15
9.9
Seeming strange and not trustworthy
1
8.6
A little suspicious and not easy to trust
1
9.6
Appearing dishonest or not trustworthy
A person or thing that seems dishonest and not trustworthy
Seeming suspicious without a clear reason
Antonyms
How Suspicious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Suspicious comes from old Latin parts sus- 'under' and specere 'to look', and it is related to suspect and words like inspect that have the same 'look' root. So, something suspicious makes you 'look closely' because it seems wrong or dangerous.