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| Main Entry: | suspicious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distrustful |
| Synonyms: | apprehensive, cagey, careful, cautious, doubtful, green-eyed*, incredulous, jealous, leery, questioning, quizzical, skeptical, suspect, unbelieving, uptight*, wary, watchful, wondering, in doubt, mistrustful, not born yesterday on the lookout*, suspecting, without belief, without faith |
| Antonyms: | innocent, trustworthy, trusty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | suspicious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful, fishy |
| Synonyms: | borderline, debatable, different, disputable, doubtable, dubious, equivocal, farfetched, funny*, irregular, not kosher, open, open to doubt, open to question, out of line, overt, peculiar, phony, problematic, queer, questionable, reaching, rings untrue, shady, shaky*, suspect, too much*, uncertain, uncommon, unsure, unusual, won't wash |
| Antonyms: | believable, indubious, palpable, undoubted, unquestionable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | alleged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | asserted, often doubtful |
| Synonyms: | declared, dubious, ostensible, pretended, professed, questionable, so-called, stated, supposed, suspect, suspicious, averred, described, purported |
| Antonyms: | certain, definite, sure |
| Main Entry: | apprehensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anxious, fearful |
| Synonyms: | afraid, alarmed, concerned, doubtful, foreboding, frozen*, hung up*, jittery, jumpy, lily-livered*, shaky*, stiff, suspicious, troubled, uncertain, uneasy, uptight, weak, worried, biting nails, butterflies, disquieted, feel in bones, get vibes, have a hunch, have cold feet, have funny feeling, have stage fright, in a cold sweat, in a dither, in a sweat, jellyfish, mistrustful, running scared, scaredy-cat, worried sick |
| Antonyms: | calm, quiet, unafraid, at ease, undoubting, unfearful, unsuspicious, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careful, cautious |
| Synonyms: | cagey, calculating, canny, circumspect, considerate, discreet, economical, fastidious, frugal, gingerly, guarded, heedful, hesitant, inhibited, leery, loath, miserly, particular, prudent, reluctant, restrained, safe, scrupulous, sparing, stingy, suspicious, thrifty, uneasy, wary, watchful, constrained |
| Antonyms: | careless, hasty, heedless, incautious, rash, willing, uncareful |
| Main Entry: | cynical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nonbelieving; doubtful |
| Synonyms: | contemptuous, derisive, ironic, misanthropic, mocking, pessimistic, sarcastic, sardonic, scornful, skeptical, sneering, suspicious, unbelieving, wry, misanthropical, scoffing |
| Antonyms: | believing, hopeful, optimistic, trusting, undoubting |
| Main Entry: | diffident |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hesitant; unconfident |
| Synonyms: | backward, bashful, chary, coy, demure, distrustful, doubtful, dubious, humble, insecure, meek, modest, mousy, reluctant, reserved, retiring, self-conscious, sheepish, shrinking, shy, suspicious, timid, timorous, unassuming, unobtrusive, unsure, withdrawn, blenching, constrained, flinching, rabbity, self-effacing, unassertive, unassured, unpoised |
| Antonyms: | bold, confident |
| Main Entry: | distrustful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disbelieving |
| Synonyms: | cagey, cautious, chary, cynical, doubtful, doubting, dubious, fearful, jealous, leery, skeptical, suspicious, uneasy, uptight, wary, been hit before, mistrustful |
| Antonyms: | assured, believing, certain, faithful, trusting, unsuspecting, trustful |
| Main Entry: | envious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | jealous, resentful |
| Synonyms: | aspiring, covetous, craving, desiring, desirous, distrustful, grasping, greedy, green-eyed*, hankering, invidious, jaundiced, malicious, spiteful, suspicious, watchful, wishful, yearning, appetent, begrudging, coveting, fain, green with envy, grudging, longing for, umbrageous |
| Antonyms: | comfortable, confident, content, kind, pleased, unenvious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | equivocal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful, uncertain |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, ambivalent, borderline, disreputable, dubious, evasive, fishy*, fuzzy*, hazy*, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, misleading, muddled, oblique, obscure, open, problematic, puzzling, questionable, suspect, suspicious, tenebrous, unclear, undecided, unintelligible, vague, amphibological, clear as mud, clouded, muzzy, unexplicit, with mixed feelings |
| Notes: | ambiguous is vague by accident or intent; equivocal is vague by intent |
| Antonyms: | certain, clear, definite, determined, obvious, plain, sure, unequivocal, unquestionable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | far-fetched |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard to believe |
| Synonyms: | bizarre, doubtful, dubious, eccentric, fantastic, fishy*, forced, illogical, implausible, improbable, incoherent, inconsequential, incredible, labored, preposterous, queer, recondite, strained, strange, suspicious, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely, unnatural, unrealistic, hard to swallow |
| Antonyms: | believable, natural, plausible, realistic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gingerly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careful |
| Synonyms: | calculating, cautious, chary, circumspect, considerate, dainty, delicate, discreet, fastidious, guarded, hesitant, reluctant, safe, squeamish, suspicious, timid, wary |
| Antonyms: | careless, rash, rough, uncareful, uncautious |
| Main Entry: | ill at ease |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not feeling at ease |
| Synonyms: | anxious, apprehensive, awkward, disturbed, doubtful, edgy, fidgety, hesitant, insecure, nervous, nervous, on edge*, on edge, restless, self-conscious, shy, suspicious, tense, uncomfortable, uncomfortable, uneasy, unsettled, unsure, discomfited, disquieted, faltering, on pins and needles, on pins and needles, on tenterhooks, out of place, unrelaxed |
| Antonyms: | comfortable, content, at ease |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incredulous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unbelieving |
| Synonyms: | disbelieving, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, dubious, hesitant, questioning, quizzical, skeptical, suspect, suspicious, uncertain, unsatisfied, wary, mistrustful, show-me, unconvinced |
| Antonyms: | believing, convinced, credulous |
| Main Entry: | interesting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appealing, entertaining |
| Synonyms: | absorbing, affecting, alluring, amusing, attractive, beautiful, charismatic, compelling, curious, delightful, elegant, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, entrancing, exceptional, exotic, fascinating, fine, gracious, impressive, intriguing, inviting, lovely, magnetic, pleasing, pleasurable, prepossessing, provocative, readable, refreshing, riveting, stimulating, stirring, striking, suspicious, thought-provoking, unusual, winning, arresting, captivating, enthralling, gripping |
| Antonyms: | boring, dull, unexciting, unstimulating |
| Main Entry: | jaundiced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tainted, prejudiced |
| Synonyms: | biased, bigoted, bitter, colored, cynical, distorted, envious, hostile, intolerant, jealous, one-sided, opprobrious, partial, partisan, prepossessed, skeptical, spiteful, suspicious, unfair, unfriendly, yellow, disapproving, grudging, preconceived, resentful, tendentious, unindifferent, warped |
| Antonyms: | clean, fresh, unbiased, unprejudiced |
| Main Entry: | jealous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desirous; wary |
| Synonyms: | anxious, apprehensive, attentive, covetous, demanding, doubting, envious, grasping, green-eyed, guarded, intolerant, invidious, jaundiced, possessive, protective, questioning, rival, skeptical, solicitous, suspicious, vigilant, watchful, zealous, begrudging, emulous, envying, grabby, grudging, mistrustful, monopolizing, possessory, resentful |
| Antonyms: | confident, content, satisfied, trusting, unresentful |
| Main Entry: | questionable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful, uncertain |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, apocryphal, arguable, contingent, controversial, cryptic, debatable, disputable, dubious, enigmatic, equivocal, fishy*, hypothetical, iffy*, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, moot, mysterious, obscure, occult, oracular, problematic, provisional, shady, suspect, suspicious, undefined, unreliable, unsettled, vague, controvertible, dubitable, hard to believe, open to doubt, open to question, paradoxical, problematical, unconfirmed, under advisement, under examination, unproven |
| Antonyms: | certain, definite, indisputable, sure, undoubted, unquestionable, proven |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quizzical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appearing confused or curious |
| Synonyms: | amusing, arch, derisive, disbelieving, eccentric, incredulous, inquiring, inquisitive, mocking, odd, quaint, queer, questioning, sardonic, searching, skeptical, supercilious, suspicious, teasing, unbelieving, unusual, aporetic, bantering, probing, show-me |
| Antonyms: | certain, understanding |
| Main Entry: | skeptical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disbelieving, leery |
| Synonyms: | agnostic, cynical, doubtful, doubting, dubious, hesitating, incredulous, questioning, quizzical, suspicious, unbelieving, aporetic, dissenting, freethinking, mistrustful, scoffing, show-me, unconvinced |
| Antonyms: | believing, devoted, undoubting |
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