Suspicious

//səˈspɪʃ.əs//

Synonyms for "suspicious" (169 found)

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Closest matches (34)

Strong matches (51)

Related words (84)

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Translations

132 translations across 45 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • καχύποπτος adj (distrustful)
  • ὑπόπτης adj (arousing suspicion)

Arabic

2 entries
  • مَشبوه adj (arousing suspicion)
  • مُريب adj (arousing suspicion)

Armenian

1 entries
  • կասկածամիտ adj (distrustful)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • şübhəli adj (arousing suspicion)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • падазро́ны adj (arousing suspicion)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • недоверчив adj (distrustful)
  • подозри́телен adj (arousing suspicion)
  • подозрителен adj (expressing suspicion)
  • съмни́телен adj (arousing suspicion)

Catalan

3 entries
  • sospitós adj (arousing suspicion)
  • suspicaç adj (distrustful)
  • suspicaç adj (expressing suspicion)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • matahapon adj (arousing suspicion)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 可疑的 adj (arousing suspicion)

Czech

4 entries
  • podezíravý adj (distrustful)
  • podezíravý adj (expressing suspicion)
  • podezřelý adj (arousing suspicion)
  • podezřívavý adj (distrustful)

Danish

3 entries
  • mistænkelig adj (arousing suspicion)
  • mistænksom adj (distrustful)
  • mistænksom adj (expressing suspicion)

Dutch

3 entries
  • achterdochtig adj (distrustful)
  • argwanig adj (distrustful)
  • verdacht adj (arousing suspicion)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • suspektinda adj (arousing suspicion)

Finnish

4 entries
  • epäilevä adj (distrustful)
  • epäilevä adj (expressing suspicion)
  • epäilyttävä adj (arousing suspicion)
  • epäluuloinen adj (distrustful)

French

4 entries
  • méfiant adj (distrustful)
  • soupçonneux adj (distrustful)
  • soupçonneux adj (expressing suspicion)
  • suspect adj (arousing suspicion)

Galician

1 entries
  • sospeitoso adj (arousing suspicion)

German

4 entries
  • argwöhnisch adj (distrustful)
  • argwöhnisch adj (expressing suspicion)
  • misstrauisch adj (distrustful)
  • misstrauisch adj (expressing suspicion)

Greek

1 entries
  • ύποπτος adj (arousing suspicion)

Hindi

3 entries
  • संदिग्ध adj (arousing suspicion)
  • संदिग्ध adj (distrustful)
  • संदिग्ध adj (expressing suspicion)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bizalmatlan adj (distrustful)
  • gyanakvó adj (distrustful)
  • gyanakvó adj (expressing suspicion)
  • gyanús adj (arousing suspicion)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • grunsamlegur adj (arousing suspicion)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • curiga adj (expressing suspicion)
  • mencurigakan adj (arousing suspicion)

Irish

4 entries
  • amhrasach adj (arousing suspicion)
  • amhrasach adj (distrustful)
  • amhrasach adj (expressing suspicion)
  • inamhrais adj (distrustful)

Italian

4 entries
  • ambiguo adj (arousing suspicion)
  • diffidente adj (distrustful)
  • diffidente adj (expressing suspicion)
  • losco adj (arousing suspicion)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 不審 adj (arousing suspicion)
  • 怪しい adj (arousing suspicion)
  • 怪しい adj (distrustful)
  • 怪しむよう adj (expressing suspicion)

Latin

3 entries
  • suspectus adj (arousing suspicion)
  • suspicax adj (distrustful)
  • suspicax adj (expressing suspicion)

Latvian

1 entries
  • aizdomīgs adj (arousing suspicion)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • недо́верлив adj (distrustful)
  • подозри́телен adj (arousing suspicion)
  • подозри́телен adj (expressing suspicion)
  • со́мничав adj (distrustful)

Māori

4 entries
  • hihira adj (distrustful)
  • hoto adj (distrustful)
  • matakana adj (distrustful)
  • ohiti adj (arousing suspicion)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • suspekt adj (arousing suspicion)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • mistenkelig adj (arousing suspicion)
  • mistenksom adj (distrustful)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • mistenkjeleg adj (arousing suspicion)
  • mistenksam adj (distrustful)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • شبههلو adj (arousing suspicion)
  • شبههلو adj (distrustful)

Polish

4 entries
  • nieufny adj (distrustful)
  • nieufny adj (expressing suspicion)
  • podejrzany adj (arousing suspicion)
  • podejrzliwy adj (distrustful)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • desconfiado adj (distrustful)
  • suspeito adj (arousing suspicion)
  • suspeitoso adj (expressing suspicion)

Romanian

4 entries
  • dubios adj (arousing suspicion)
  • suspect adj (arousing suspicion)
  • suspicios adj (distrustful)
  • suspicios adj (expressing suspicion)

Russian

4 entries
  • подозри́тельный adj (arousing suspicion)
  • подозри́тельный adj (distrustful)
  • подозри́тельный adj (expressing suspicion)
  • сомни́тельный adj (arousing suspicion)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • amharasach adj (distrustful)
  • amharasach adj (expressing suspicion)

Slovak

1 entries
  • podozrivý adj (arousing suspicion)

Spanish

4 entries
  • desconfiado adj (distrustful)
  • receloso adj (distrustful)
  • sospechoso adj (arousing suspicion)
  • sospechoso adj (expressing suspicion)

Swedish

3 entries
  • misstrogen adj (distrustful)
  • misstänklig adj (arousing suspicion)
  • misstänksam adj (distrustful)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kahina-hinala adj (arousing suspicion)

Turkish

4 entries
  • kuşkulu adj (expressing suspicion)
  • şüphe uyandırıcı adj (arousing suspicion)
  • şüpheci adj (expressing suspicion)
  • şüpheli adj (arousing suspicion)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • підозрі́ливий adj (distrustful)
  • підозрі́ливий adj (expressing suspicion)
  • підозрі́лий adj (arousing suspicion)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • shubhali adj (arousing suspicion)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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You're too suspicious about everything.

Source: tatoeba (16253)

His neighbors are suspicious of him.

Source: tatoeba (18662)

It was not what he said, but the way he said it that made me suspicious.

Source: tatoeba (20040)

We are all suspicious about him.

Source: tatoeba (32096)

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