sus

Formssusses, sussing, sussed

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   shadyadjectiveslang

   Seeming dishonest or wrong, so that people start to feel suspicious.

   Like a back door left open at night: it just makes you wonder why.

   That email looked really sus, so I deleted it without clicking anything.

   Her excuse for being late sounded sus to the whole class.

   UsageSay it looks sus or it feels sus.

   Similarsketchy, shady, dodgy, fishy, suspicious

   Oppositelegit, trustworthy

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   feeling doubtadjectiveslang

   Feeling that someone or something might be wrong or not honest.

   I'm pretty sus about why he canceled at the last minute.

   She stayed sus of the offer until she read the small print.

   UsageSay you are sus about someone.

   Similarsuspicious, wary, distrustful, skeptical

   Oppositetrusting

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   chordadjectiveabbreviation

   Short form of suspended. Used in music for a suspended chord.

   He played a sus chord to make the song feel unfinished.

   The keyboard part uses a sus chord to build up the tension.

   UsageSay a sus chord.

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   suggestiveadjectiveslanghumorous

   Behaving in a slightly flirty way that makes people joke someone secretly likes another person.

   Staring at your buddy's abs that long is a little sus, man.

   Saying your roommate smells amazing every single day is kind of sus.

   UsageOften acting sus. It can offend people.

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   arrest lawnouncolloquialUKuncountable

   In Britain in the past, the police's belief that someone might be planning a crime, which was enough to arrest them.

   He was hauled in on sus after standing too long outside the shops.

   Back then the police could pick you up for sus and nothing more.

   UsageSay on sus.

   Similarsuspicion

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   ban accountverbslangtransitive

   To shut down someone's social media account so they can no longer use it.

   Moderators will sus your account if you keep posting spam.

   My old account got sussed for spamming the same link over and over.

   UsageSay the account got sussed.

   Similarsuspend, ban

   Oppositereinstate

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