suspicious as in openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
Synonyms
- leeryopenly distrustful and unwilling to confide
- mistrustfulopenly distrustful and unwilling to confide
- untrustingopenly distrustful and unwilling to confide
- warymarked by keen caution and watchful prudence; openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
suspicious as in 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
- fishyof or relating to or resembling fish; not as expected
- funnyan account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line); arousing or provoking laughter; beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; not as expected; experiencing odd bodily sensations
- shadyquiet, dark, or concealed; not as expected; of questionable honesty or legality; filled with shade
- suspectnot as expected; someone who is under suspicion ; a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; imagine to be the case or true or probable; regard as untrustworthy; hold in suspicion