sus

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US /sʌs/ UK /sʌs/ See IPA manual

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Sounds like such /tʃ/ vs /s/

adj verb

Meanings

1

adj
suspicious or suspect; to suspect or work something out

His vague excuse seemed a little sus to everyone.

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Synonyms

1 adj · suspicious or suspect; to... suspicious suspect dubious shady questionable sketchy dodgy

Opposites

trustworthy legit aboveboard

Word family

Related forms suspect suspicious suspicion

Etymology

A clipping of suspicious (or suspect), originally British slang and later popularized in internet and gaming culture; ultimately from Latin suspicere ('to look up at, mistrust'), from sub- + specere ('to look').

suspicere Latin specere Latin

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# sus

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj, verb
**IPA (US):** sʌs
**IPA (UK):** sʌs

## Meanings
1. suspicious or suspect; to suspect or work something out

## Examples
- His vague excuse seemed a little sus to everyone.

## Synonyms
- suspicious
- suspect
- dubious
- shady
- questionable
- sketchy
- dodgy

## Antonyms
- trustworthy
- legit
- aboveboard

## Related Forms
- suspect
- suspicious
- suspicion

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: suspicere
- Root: specere

## Etymology
A clipping of suspicious (or suspect), originally British slang and later popularized in internet and gaming culture; ultimately from Latin suspicere ('to look up at, mistrust'), from sub- + specere ('to look').

## AI Etymology
Sus is a clipping of suspicious (or suspect), originally British slang and later popularized in internet and gaming culture; ultimately from Latin suspicere ('to look up at, mistrust'), from sub- + specere ('to look'). The historical chain includes Latin suspicere and Latin specere. The quoted older senses, "to look up at, mistrust" and "to look", supply the semantic anchors for sus. The formation is best read as compound and borrowed: the word sus carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "suspicious or suspect; to suspect or work something out". Related English forms include suspect, suspicious, and suspicion. The result is a adj and verb whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Work & Careers

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