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100 Words to Use Instead of “Sus”

February 6, 2026

100 Words to Use Instead of

No. Term Definition
1. Abnormal Not typical; deviating from normal.
2. Absurd Wildly unreasonable or illogical.
3. Adverse Unfavorable; suggesting trouble.
4. Affected Artificial; not genuine.
5. Alarming Causing worry or fear.
6. Ambiguous Unclear; open to interpretations.
7. Anomalous Irregular; not fitting the pattern.
8. Awkward Uncomfortable; socially off.
9. Backhanded Insincere; with hidden insult.
10. Bizarre Strangely unusual.
11. Bogus Fake; not legitimate.
12. Borderline Questionable; near unacceptable.
13. Cagey Evasive; reluctant to share.
14. Calculated Deliberate; possibly manipulative.
15. Careful Overly cautious; possibly hiding.
16. Cheesy Overdone; lacking authenticity.
17. Circumspect Wary; cautious about details.
18. Clandestine Secret; kept from view.
19. Cloudy Not clear; hard to trust.
20. Concerning Worrying; raises doubts.
21. Contrived Artificially arranged; not natural.
22. Convoluted Overcomplicated; hard to follow.
23. Corrupt Dishonest; abusing power.
24. Covert Hidden; not openly done.
25. Crafty Clever in a deceptive way.
26. Creepy Unsettling; makes you uneasy.
27. Crooked Dishonest; illegally bent.
28. Cryptic Mysterious; hard to interpret.
29. Curious Odd; prompting suspicion.
30. Dark Sinister; morally troubling.
31. Deceitful Intentionally misleading.
32. Deceptive Likely to mislead.
33. Defective Faulty; not as expected.
34. Devious Sneaky; indirectly dishonest.
35. Dicey Risky; uncertain.
36. Dodgy Unreliable; possibly dishonest.
37. Dubious Doubtful; not trustworthy.
38. Eerie Strangely unsettling.
39. Elusive Hard to pin down; evasive.
40. Embarrassing Cringe-inducing; awkwardly bad.
41. Equivocal Intentionally unclear; noncommittal.
42. Erratic Unpredictable; inconsistent.
43. Evasive Avoiding direct answers.
44. Exaggerated Overstated; not believable.
45. Fabricated Invented; made up.
46. Fake Not genuine; counterfeit.
47. Far-fetched Hard to believe.
48. Fishy Seemingly dishonest or wrong.
49. Flimsy Weak; not convincing.
50. Furtive Secretive; trying not to be seen.
51. Glitchy Buggy; behaving oddly.
52. Goofy Silly in an off way.
53. Guilty-looking Appearing responsible or dishonest.
54. Hazy Vague; lacking clarity.
55. Hidden Concealed; not visible.
56. Hinky Odd; not quite right.
57. Hollow Empty-sounding; insincere.
58. Implausible Unlikely; hard to accept.
59. Inconsistent Not matching; changes unexpectedly.
60. Incriminating Suggesting guilt or wrongdoing.
61. Indecipherable Impossible to understand.
62. Indirect Not straightforward; avoids clarity.
63. Inexplicable Hard to explain; suspiciously so.
64. Inflated Overblown; exaggerated.
65. Insincere Not genuine; lacking honesty.
66. Irregular Not even; deviating from norm.
67. Jarring Unsettling; abruptly off.
68. Jittery Nervous; on edge.
69. Kinda-off Slightly wrong; questionable.
70. Kooky Oddly eccentric.
71. Leery Wary; suspicious.
72. Loaded Biased; with hidden agenda.
73. Manipulative Controlling through deception.
74. Misleading Giving the wrong impression.
75. Mysterious Hard to explain; secretive.
76. Nefarious Wicked; criminal in intent.
77. Nervy Bold in a questionable way.
78. Not adding up Doesn’t make sense.
79. Obscure Hard to see or understand.
80. Off Not right; suspicious.
81. Opaque Not transparent; hard to read.
82. Outlandish Bizarrely extreme; unbelievable.
83. Overrehearsed Too practiced; sounds fake.
84. Peculiar Strange; unusual.
85. Phony Fake; pretending.
86. Questionable Doubtful; morally uncertain.
87. Quietly shady Subtly untrustworthy.
88. Quirky Unusual in an odd way.
89. Rank Obvious; unmistakable.
90. Red-flaggy Suggesting a warning sign.
91. Risky Likely to go wrong.
92. Ropey Of poor quality; unreliable.
93. Scammy Like a scam; dishonest.
94. Secretive Keeping things hidden.
95. Shady Dishonest; morally suspect.
96. Shifty Appearing dishonest or evasive.
97. Sketchy Suspicious; not reliable.
98. Slippery Hard to trust; evasive.
99. Sneaky Doing things in secret.
100. Soft-soaping Flattering to manipulate.
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