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complicit |
participating in wrongdoing or suspicious activity, or acting in association with those who are involved in such activities. |
distrust |
to lack faith or confidence in; be suspicious of. [1/2 definitions] |
distrustful |
lacking in trust or confidence; doubting; suspicious. |
doubt |
a feeling of being suspicious. [1/5 definitions] |
dubiety |
the state of being doubtful or suspicious. [1/2 definitions] |
inquest |
a legal investigation, usu. involving a jury, esp. a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. [1/3 definitions] |
jealous |
doubtful and suspicious of the faithfulness of someone for whom one has affection. [1/5 definitions] |
jealousy |
envious or suspicious resentment, as of another's success, good fortune, or good qualities. [1/4 definitions] |
leery |
suspicious or mistrustful; wary (usu. fol. by "of"). |
look at someone sideways |
to look at someone in a doubtful or suspicious way. |
misgive |
to be doubtful, fearful, or suspicious. [1/2 definitions] |
mistrust |
lack of confidence or trust; doubt. [2 definitions] |
oversuspicious |
combined form of suspicious. |
shy1 |
wary or suspicious. [1/7 definitions] |
sketchy |
(informal) suspicious, unsavory. [1/3 definitions] |
unsuspicious |
combined form of suspicious. |
up to something |
involved in something suspicious or secretive. |
What gives? |
(informal) used to obtain an explanation with regard to the current situation or what is currently happening (used esp. when confused or suspicious). |
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