SUSPICIOUS


Meaning of SUSPICIOUS in English

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

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