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suspicious

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