Adjective
- 1. leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary, distrustful (vs. trustful)
- usage: openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
- 2. fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious, questionable (vs. unquestionable)
- usage: not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"
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