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UK
/səspˈɪʃəs/
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[ US /səˈspɪʃəs/ ]
[ US /səˈspɪʃəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
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not as expected
a shady deal
some definitely queer goings-on
her motives were suspect
suspicious behavior
up to some funny business
there was something fishy about the accident
How To Use suspicious In A Sentence
- I clicked the 'Live Chat' button, and lo and behold, I was deposited in a chat room with what sounded suspiciously like a chatbot.
- You might well feel a tad suspicious of this literary agent's good fortune. Times, Sunday Times
- I was suspicious of his motives.
- He warned the public to be vigilant and report anything suspicious.
- The 16th century palace in south-west London is well known for alleged supernatural activity, but nothing suspicious has been caught on film before.
- In fact he was suspicious of any technological advance that might weaken the ‘master race’.
- Not all the speakers have couched their sentiments in complimentary language, indeed, it is a fact which we citizens of the Empire would be foolish to ignore that important sections of opinion among our American friends and elsewhere are rather suspicious of the British Empire. The Empire In These Days
- His reluctance to answer my questions made me suspicious .
- Her house was fitted with a device to detect suspicious packages and a button to alert police. Times, Sunday Times
- If the CAF were the only one, it would be very suspicious. Liberals Go To Bat For Khaled Mouammar « Unambiguously Ambidextrous