as in mistrust
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Recent Examples of suspiciousness
Signs of psychosis can include hearing, seeing, or believing things that others don't, suspiciousness or extreme uneasiness, inappropriate emotions and trouble concentrating.
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Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suspiciousness
Noun
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There’s a lot of mutual mistrust.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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Those suspensions of combat don’t produce any tangible results amid deep mistrust between the warring sides.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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The uncertainties that led to disquiet over nuclear power across the country in the 1970s and 1980s have not gone away but have changed as technology has evolved.—
Krisztian Elcsics,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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Senate leadership was ousted just hours before Duterte’s impeachment trial moves to that chamber, creating political uncertainty and complications for the proceedings.—
Jim Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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Over the last few years, developers of wind and solar projects, most of whom aren’t from here, have been absorbing the bulk of this smoldering, communal wariness.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
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Or how Alex Honnold (who plays a pivotal role in this documentary) described his wariness toward romantic attachment in Free Solo.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
7 May 2026
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Japan is reasserting its military presence across Asia amid rising worries of Chinese aggression and doubts over US commitment to the region’s security.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
7 May 2026
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Attorneys for the defendants, however, contended that the government doesn’t have the evidence to prove there was intent to join a criminal racketeering conspiracy beyond a reasonable doubt.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
7 May 2026
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Greater pessimism Young people, with fewer physical limitations and family responsibilities — along with an ability to adapt more quickly than older counterparts — normally are more optimistic about their ability to land work.—
Nicholas Riccardi,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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One area where Goldman explicitly revises its prior pessimism is jobs — though not in the direction AI boosters would prefer.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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At the macro scale of society, loss of control seems like a legitimate reason for worry.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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Their worry is that investors are treating this economic moment — physical supply disruptions, geopolitical fracturing, tariff whiplash — like the liquidity crises of the past, which were solvable with government cash.—
Rachel Keidan,
semafor.com,
7 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Suspiciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suspiciousness. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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