adj.
1 not trusting sb
VERBS
▪ be , feel , look , seem , sound
▪ become , get , grow
▪
I think they're starting to get ~.
▪ remain
▪ make sb
▪
Something about her smile made him ~.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ deeply , highly , particularly
▪
She remained deeply ~ of computers.
▪ increasingly
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
▪
His voice grew slightly ~.
▪ immediately , instantly
▪ naturally
▪
I have a naturally ~ mind.
▪ rightly
▪
Voters are rightly ~ of attempts to save money in the area of education.
▪ overly
PREPOSITION
▪ about
▪
They were somewhat ~ about her past.
▪ of
▪
She was highly ~ of his motives.
PHRASES
▪ be right to be ~ (of sb/sth) , have reason to be ~ (of sb/sth)
▪ have a right to be ~ (of sb/sth)
▪
Parents have every right to be ~ of what the experts tell them.
2 making you feel that sth is wrong
VERBS
▪ be , look , seem , sound
▪
We have to carry on as usual or it would look ~.
▪ consider sth , find sth , regard sth as , treat sth as
▪
I find it very ~ that he left halfway through the morning.
▪
Police are treating both fires as ~.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ highly
▪
He was seen acting in a highly ~ manner.
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
PHRASES
▪ hear anything ~ , see anything ~
▪
Inform the police immediately if you see anything ~.
Suspicious is used with these nouns: ↑ activity , ↑ behaviour , ↑ character , ↑ circumstance , ↑ death , ↑ eye , ↑ glance , ↑ look , ↑ manner , ↑ package , ↑ transaction