suspicious
/səˈspɪʃəs/ adjectiveDefinition
WRONG/BAD › making you feel that something is wrong or that something bad or illegal is happening: suspicious behaviour/circumstances I called airport security after noticing a suspicious package.
NOT TRUST › not trusting someone: Many of them remain suspicious of journalists.
suspiciously adverb › She's been acting very suspiciously lately.(Definition of suspicious adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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