Suspicious (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- She eyed her new coworker with a suspicious gaze, hesitant to share company secrets with someone she barely knew.
- The detective was suspicious of the alibi, thinking it sounded too rehearsed to be true.
- He became suspicious of his girlfriend's activities when he noticed a strange number frequently calling her phone.
- The politician's sudden change in policy sparked suspicious whispers among his critics, who questioned his motives.
- After a string of burglaries in the neighborhood, residents were suspicious of strangers lurking around their homes at night.
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Meaning 2
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.