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suspicious
adjective as in distrustful
Strongest matches
apprehensive, careful, cautious, doubtful, incredulous, jealous, leery, mistrustful, skeptical, wary, watchful
adjective as in doubtful, fishy
Strongest matches
Weak matches
borderline, debatable, different, disputable, doubtable, equivocal, farfetched, funny, irregular, not kosher, open, open to doubt, open to question, out of line, overt, peculiar, phony, problematic, reaching, rings untrue, shady, shaky, suspect, too much, uncommon, won't wash
Example Sentences
Those suspicious of King’s version of events took Swiatkowski’s version as gospel.
Investigators first became suspicious when the septuagenarian ringleader attempted to sell two supposedly original paintings by Picasso on the art market.
At first, the crew track a number of surface vessels, using the aircraft's cameras to look for any suspicious equipment or activity.
"Authoritarian leaders are always suspicious of even their inner circle, and because of that, they create mechanisms for monitoring them and ensuring loyalty," he said.
Such incidents have rattled homeowners, many of whom participate in the neighborhood-watch-style WhatsApp group that Stern messaged, where they trade information about porch pirates, solicitors and people they deem suspicious.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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