Suspicious - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |səˈspɪʃəs|  American pronunciation of the word suspicious
Brit.  |səˈspɪʃəs|  British pronunciation of the word suspicious

adjective

- openly distrustful and unwilling to confide (syn: leery, mistrustful, wary)
- not as expected (syn: fishy, funny, shady, suspect)
suspicious behavior

Extra examples

We were instructed to report any suspicious activity in the neighborhood.

The suspicious vehicle was reported to police.

Suspicious characters were seen hanging around the bank.

He found a suspicious lump on his back and was afraid it might be cancer.

Officials are suspicious about her death.

His manner made me suspicious.

I am suspicious of any religion.

The circumstances of his death are suspicious.

...after the second suspicious fire, police set a trap for the firebug...

...the suspicious wife paid a gumshoe to follow her husband...

...a woman who is suspicious of all medicos, regardless of their credentials...

But one country's moratorium is another country's protectionism, and the U.S. is suspicious of Europe's actions.

If we don't finalize tonight, they will get suspicious.

His ill health made him more suspicious and irritable than ever.

He was caught in the net of suspicious circumstances.

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