suspicious
/səˈspɪʃəs/
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American sound/səˈspɪʃəs/
səˈspɪʃəs
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sə - ˈspɪʃəs -> suspicious
Myanmar meaning
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suspicious /sǝ'spÇʃǝs/ adj
၁။ ~ (about/ of sth/ sb) သံသယ ဖြစ်ဖွယ်။ မသင်္ကာစရာ။ a suspicious look ❍ I'm very suspicious about her motives. ❍ He is suspicious of (ie does not trust) strangers.
၂။ သံသယဖြစ်ဖွယ်။ မသင်္ကာစရာ။ suspicious behaviour ❍ a suspicious character (ie sb who may be dishonest) ❍ You should inform the police if you see anything suspicious.
❏ suspiciously adv
သံသယဖြစ်ဖွယ်။ မသင်္ကာဖွယ်။
acting suspiciously ❍ Everything was suspiciously quiet. ❍ This looks suspiciously like his handwriting.
More examples
- Colleagues became suspicious when he started acting strangely.
- [suspicious of] : People are often suspicious of strangers.
- A suspicious glance/look
- Customers noticed a suspicious package by the door.
- There’s something a bit suspicious about this.
- [suspicious circumstances] : The brothers died in suspicious circumstances.
Synonyms
doubtful, distrustful, mistrustful, apprehensive, wary, disbelieving, guarded, chary, skeptical, doubting, dubious, leery, borderline, cagey, careful, cautious, debatable, different, disputable, dodgy, doubtable, equivocal, farfetched, fishy, funny, green-eyed, in doubt, incredulous, irregular, jealous, not born yesterday on the lookout, not kosher, open, open to doubt, open to question, out of line, overt, peculiar, phony, problematic, queer, questionable, questioning, quizzical, reaching, rings untrue, shady, shaky, shifty, suspect, suspecting, too much, unbelieving, uncertain, uncommon, unreliable, unsure, untrustworthy, unusual, uptight, watchful, without belief, without faith, won't wash, wondering
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