suspicious

sus·pi·cious  (s-spshs)

adj.

1. Arousing or apt to arouse suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior.

2. Tending to suspect; distrustful: a suspicious nature.

3. Expressing suspicion: a suspicious look.

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sus·picious·ly adv.

sus·picious·ness n.

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suspicious [səˈspɪʃəs]

adj

1. exciting or liable to excite suspicion; questionable

2. disposed to suspect something wrong

3. indicative or expressive of suspicion

suspiciously  adv

suspiciousness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	suspicious - openly distrustful and unwilling to confide leery, mistrustful, untrusting, wary distrustful - having or showing distrust; "a man of distrustful nature"; "my experience...in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally"- B.N.Cardozo; "vigilant and distrustful superintendence"- Thomas Jefferson
	2.	suspicious - 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" suspect, fishy, funny, shady colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech questionable - subject to question; "questionable motives"; "a questionable reputation"; "a fire of questionable origin"

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suspicious

adjective

1. distrustful, suspecting, sceptical, doubtful, apprehensive, leery (slang), mistrustful, unbelieving, wary He has his father's suspicious nature.
distrustful trusting, gullible, credulous, believing, unsuspecting, trustful, unsuspicious

2. suspect, dubious, questionable, funny, doubtful, dodgy (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. informal), queer, irregular, shady (informal), fishy (informal), of doubtful honesty, open to doubt or misconstruction two suspicious-looking characters
suspect straight, above board, beyond suspicion, open, straightforward, upright, unquestionable, not open to question

3. odd, strange, mysterious, dark, dubious, irregular, questionable, murky (informal), shady (informal), fishy Four people have died in suspicious circumstances.

Translations

suspicious [səsˈpɪʃəs] ADJ

1. (= mistrustful) [person, nature] → desconfiado; [glance] → receloso
Paul was a suspicious man → Paul era un hombre desconfiado
many people are suspicious that the government will reduce benefits further → mucha gente tiene la sospecha de que el gobierno va a reducir aún más los subsidios
to be suspicious about sth → desconfiar de algo
to become or grow suspicious (of sth/sb) → empezar a desconfiar(de algo/algn)
that made him suspicious → eso le hizo sospechar
to have a suspicious mind → tener una mente desconfiada or recelosa
he is suspicious of visitors → se muestra receloso ante las visitas

2. (= causing suspicion) [person, behaviour, package] → sospechoso
did you see anything suspicious? → ¿viste algo sospechoso?
it looks very suspicious to me → me parece muy sospechoso
is there anything suspicious about the crash? → ¿hay algo sospechoso acerca del choque?
in suspicious circumstances → en circunstancias sospechosas

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suspicious [səˈspɪʃəs] adj

(= suspecting wrongdoing) → qui a des soupçons
The police became suspicious → La police commençait à avoir des soupçons.

(= wary) → soupçonneux/euse, méfiant(e)
He was suspicious at first → Il était méfiant au début.
He shot a suspicious glance at me → Il me lança un regard soupçonneux.
to be suspicious of sth [+ reform, motives] → avoir des doutes à propos de qch, trouver qch suspect(e)

(= arousing suspicion) [person, circumstances] → suspect(e)
a suspicious person
BUT un individu louche.

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suspicious

adj

(= feeling suspicion) → argwöhnisch, misstrauisch (of gegenüber); you have a suspicious mind → Sie sind aber misstrauisch; to be suspicious about something → etw mit Misstrauen or Argwohn (geh) → betrachten

(= causing suspicion) → verdächtig; there were no suspicious circumstances → es gab keine verdächtigen Umstände; he died in suspicious circumstances → er starb unter verdächtigen or zweifelhaften Umständen; the police are treating her death as suspicious → die Polizei betrachtet ihren Tod als nicht natürlich

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suspicious [səˈspɪʃəs] adj (causing suspicion) → sospetto/a; (feeling suspicion) suspicious (of) → sospettoso/a (di), diffidente (di)
to be suspicious of or about sb/sth → nutrire dei sospetti nei riguardi di qn/qc
that made him suspicious → questo lo ha insospettito
a suspicious character → un(a) tipo/a sospetto/a

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suspicious [səˈspɪʃəs] adj (causing suspicion) → sospetto/a; (feeling suspicion) suspicious (of) → sospettoso/a (di), diffidente (di)
to be suspicious of or about sb/sth → nutrire dei sospetti nei riguardi di qn/qc
that made him suspicious → questo lo ha insospettito
a suspicious character → un(a) tipo/a sospetto/a

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suspicious → مشبوه podezřelý mistænksom verdächtig καχύποπτος suspicaz epäilyttävä suspicieux sumnjičav sospetto 疑わしい 수상한 verdacht mistenksom podejrzany suspeita, suspeitoso подозрительный misstänkt สงสัย kuşkulu khả nghi 令人怀疑的