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suspicious |
Grep of noun suspicious suspiciousness Overview of adj suspicious The adj suspicious has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary -- (openly distrustful and unwilling to confide) 2. (1) fishy, funny, queer, shady, suspect, suspicious -- ((informal) not as expected; "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") Antonyms of adj suspicious 2 senses of suspicious Sense 1 leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary INDIRECT (VIA distrustful) -> trustful, trusting Sense 2 fishy, funny, queer, shady, suspect, suspicious INDIRECT (VIA questionable) -> unquestionable Similarity of adj suspicious 2 senses of suspicious Sense 1 leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary => distrustful (vs. trustful) Sense 2 fishy, funny, queer, shady, suspect, suspicious => questionable (vs. unquestionable) Attributes of adj suspicious Familiarity of adj suspicious suspicious used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj suspicious oversuspicious suspicious unsuspicious Overview of adj suspicious The adj suspicious has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary -- (openly distrustful and unwilling to confide) 2. (1) fishy, funny, queer, shady, suspect, suspicious -- ((informal) not as expected; "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")
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