suspicious 
1. openly distrustful and unwilling to confide (Freq. 3) • Syn: leery, mistrustful, untrusting, wary • Similar to: distrustful • Derivationally related forms: wariness (for: wary), suspicion, suspiciousness, leer (for: leery) 2. not as expected (Freq. 1) - 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 • Syn: fishy, funny, shady, suspect • Similar to: questionable • Derivationally related forms: suspiciousness • Usage Domain: colloquialism
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