suspicious betydelse and definition

Betydelse av suspicious på svenska

• 0 making you feel that something illegal is happening or that something is wrong:

  • Her behaviour was very suspicious.

  • The fire at the bank is being treated as suspicious.

  • It's a little suspicious that no one knows where he was at the time of the murder.

  • There were some suspicious characters hanging around outside.

  • There's a suspicious-looking van parked at the end of the street.

  • His new book bears a suspicious resemblance to a book written by someone else. (= His book is so similar to the other book that it seems as if he has copied it.)

• 1 feeling doubt or no trust in someone or something:

  • His colleagues became suspicious (= thought that there was something wrong) when he did not appear at work, since he was always punctual.

  • They are deeply/highly (= very) suspicious of one another/of each other's motives.

  • My mother has a very suspicious nature (= does not trust people).

• 2 feeling doubt or a lack of trust:

  • Many of the workers were suspicious of the labor agreement.

• 3 making you feel that something illegal is happening or that something is wrong:

  • Last night’s fire at the bank is being treated as suspicious.

  • Neighbors were asked if they had noticed anything suspicious.