suspicious

Definition for suspicious

adjective as in distrustful

Strongest matches

apprehensive, careful, cautious, doubtful, incredulous, jealous, leery, mistrustful, skeptical, wary, watchful

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cagey, green-eyed, in doubt, not born yesterday on the lookout, questioning, quizzical, suspect, suspecting, unbelieving, uptight, without belief, without faith, wondering

adjective as in doubtful, fishy

Strongest matches

dubious, questionable, uncertain, unsure, unusual

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

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Breeds with higher wolf ancestry were more often described as "suspicious of strangers," "independent," "dignified," "alert," "loyal," "reserved," and "territorial."

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Meta said it wanted users to report suspicious adverts on its platforms, which was an "important signal" to its review systems and could prompt a re-review of the advert while improving policies.

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Mr Rabinowitz was led to believe he was being contacted by his bank who were reporting a suspicious payment on his account.

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The club places checks on suspicious tickets that require fans to seek out officials at the ticket office at away games.

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