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suspicious

US /səˈspɪʃəs/

adjective Advanced · C1 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

Please report any suspicious package that you see in the lobby.

Word Family

NounNoun
suspicion suspiciousness
VerbVerb
AdjectiveAdj
suspicious gốc
AdverbAdv
suspiciously

Synonyms

  • doubtfulopen to doubt or suspicion; ; ; ; - Karen Horney
  • questionablesubject to question
  • fishyof or relating to or resembling fish

Collocations

  • Easy suspicious behavior
    describing suspicious behavior (openly distrustful and unwilling to confide)
  • Medium report suspicious transactions to compliance officers
    to report suspicious transactions to compliance officers, meaning to to give an account or representation of in words
  • Hard suspicious ledger alterations flagged by auditors
    describing suspicious ledger alterations flagged by auditors (openly distrustful and unwilling to confide)
  • Very Hard deeply suspicious of the counterparty's hidden motives
    describing deeply suspicious of the counterparty's hidden motives (to a great depth psychologically)

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