adjective
suspicious
Feeling that someone or something cannot be trusted.
She feels suspicious when a stranger asks for her password.
Etymology
The Latin adjective concerns suspicion. Applied to a person, it describes an inclination to question trustworthiness or believe something is wrong.
More examples
- I'm suspicious of offers that sound too good to be true.
- His evasive answers make me suspicious.
- The neighbors remain suspicious of the new landlord.
Forms
suspicious · more suspicious · most suspicious
suspicion noun — A feeling that someone cannot be trusted.
suspiciously adverb — In a way that shows distrust.
Similar words
- distrustful
- Emphasizes a lack of trust, without implying specific wrongdoing.
- wary
- Emphasizes caution about possible danger rather than active distrust.
- skeptical
- Emphasizes doubt about claims rather than distrust of people.