Suspect - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 25/03/2023

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Suspect.

5 letter answer(s) to suspect

DODGY
  1. marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"
  2. of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker
  3. Operating on the edge of illegality. Similar to "shady" in this context.
SHADY
  1. (of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous; "a shady operation"
  2. filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands"
  3. 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"
  4. of questionable taste or morality; "a louche nightclub"; "a louche painting"
SMELL
  1. any property detected by the olfactory system
  2. become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption"
  3. emit an odor; "The soup smells good"
  4. have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism"
  5. inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
  6. smell bad; "He rarely washes, and he smells"
  7. the act of perceiving the odor of something
  8. the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
  9. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"
  10. the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses"

8 letter answer(s) to suspect

MISTRUST
  1. Be suspicious of; have no confidence in.
  2. doubt about someone's honesty
  3. regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
  4. the trait of not trusting others

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