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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
Officers said the death was not being treated as suspicious, but it was believed to be linked to the disappearance of Brian.
Police said the death was not being treated as suspicious, but it was believed to be linked to the disappearance of Brian Wright, who was reported missing from the area on Thursday.
Avon and Somerset Police said they are treating this death as unexplained, but not suspicious, and will be preparing a file for the coroner.
Rule No. 2: Contact directly the company from which you received the suspicious email.
Becoming suspicious of transferring thousands of pounds with "nothing in return", Jane eventually called out the behaviour.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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