suspicious

Making you think that someone may be dishonest or that something may be wrong.

• That package looks suspicious.
• The police investigated a suspicious death.
• Did you notice anyone suspicious near the car?

Similar words: questionable, suspect, dubious

Common phrases: suspicious behaviour, suspicious package, look suspicious, suspicious activity

Feeling that someone may be dishonest or that something may be wrong.

• I felt suspicious.
• She is suspicious of strangers who offer help.
• Why are you so suspicious of his motives?

How to use it: suspicious of someone/something (They were suspicious of the unusually cheap offer.); suspicious that… (I was suspicious that he was hiding something.)

Similar words: distrustful, mistrustful

Opposites: trusting

Common phrases: suspicious of someone, suspicious of something, become suspicious

Showing that you think someone may be dishonest or that something may be wrong.

• She gave me a suspicious look.
• His voice had a suspicious tone.
• The guard’s suspicious glance made me nervous.

Similar words: distrustful, questioning

Common phrases: suspicious look, suspicious glance, suspicious tone