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suspicious

 
 
/səˈspɪʃəs/ adjective

Translation

WRONG/BAD making you feel that something is wrong or that something bad or illegal is happening
kuşkulu, şüpheli, şüphe duyulan
suspicious behaviour/circumstances I called airport security after noticing a suspicious package.17931165
NOT TRUST not trusting someone
şüphe uyandıran, kuşkulandıran, güven vermeyen
Many of them remain suspicious of journalists.1165
suspiciously adverb
şüpheci bir şekilde
She's been acting very suspiciously lately.
(Definition of suspicious adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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