| Traduções principais |
| Inglês | Português |
| suspicious adj | (suspects sth is wrong) | desconfiado adj |
| Henry's wife had worked late at the office every day for a week and Henry was becoming suspicious. |
| A esposa de Henry trabalhou até tarde no escritório todas as noites por uma semana e Henry começou a ficar desconfiado. |
| paranoid adj | (extremely mistrustful) | paranóico, desconfiado adj |
| She got so paranoid in her old age that she wouldn't answer the door. |
skeptical (US),
sceptical (UK) adj | (doubting) | descrente, desconfiado adj |
| (BRA) | céptico adj |
| (POR) | cético adj |
| I'm skeptical about your ability to finish this work by tomorrow. |
| distrustful adj | (suspicious, not trusting) | desconfiado adj |
| Because of past trauma, the dog is distrustful of all men. |
| diffident adj | (shy, reserved) | difidente, desconfiado adj |
| acanhado, reservado adj |
| Although Stan was a diffident child, as an adult he was quite confident and friendly. |
| mistrustful adj | (wary, suspicious) | cético, desconfiado adj |
| I have a mistrustful boss who spends the day looking over everyone's shoulders. |
| leery adj | (wary, not trusting) | desconfiado adj |
| Jane narrowed her eyes and gave Dan a leery look. |
cagey,
cagy adj | (suspicious, mistrustful) | desconfiado, cauteloso adj |
| The suspect was cagey, but agreed to give the police the information they wanted. |
| wary of sth/sb adj + prep | (not trusting sb/sth) | desconfiado adj |
| Janice has taught her children to be wary of strangers. |
| be leery of sth/sb v expr | (wary, not trusting) | desconfiado adj |
| preocupado adj |
| I'm leery of my father's financial advice; he lost all his money in the stock market. |
| jealous adj | (suspicious of partner) | enciumado adj |
| desconfiado adj |
| He was jealous of any new friendships his wife developed with men. |
| Ele ficava enciumado das novas amizades que a esposa fazia com qualquer homem. |
