Word "LEERY" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
Synonyms:
mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary

Crossword Clues for LEERY

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Cautious boy on railway (5) Puzzler Cryptic 12 Aug 2025
Cautious, wary Puzzler Backwords 08 Aug 2025
Wary USA Today 12 Jul 2025
Cautious Premier Sunday 06 Jul 2025
Suspicious (coll.) (5)
Cautious New York Times Mini 27 Jun 2025
Cautious, wary The Sun Mini 25 Jun 2025
Wary The Telegraph Plusword 15 Jun 2025
Guarded New York Times 12 Jun 2025
Apprehensive USA Today 02 Jun 2025
Guarded LA Times Daily 22 May 2025
Cunning The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 29 Apr 2025
Suspicious, cautious
Look, at the end of the day they're pretty wary
Cautious boy on railway (5) Puzzler Cryptic 04 Apr 2025
Pragmatically cautious (5)
Distrustful Thomas Joseph 20 Mar 2025
Cautious, wary Puzzler Backwords 11 Mar 2025
Distrustful Wall Street Journal 11 Feb 2025
Cautious fish raised on railway (5)
Cautious The Telegraph Plusword 21 Jan 2025
Not too sure New York Times 16 Jan 2025
Smelling a rat, so to speak LA Times Daily 03 Jan 2025
Untrusting LA Times Daily 21 Nov 2024
Suspicious (of) LA Times Daily 05 Nov 2024
Cautious (of) The Telegraph Plusword 04 Nov 2024
Wary The Telegraph Plusword 24 Oct 2024
Skeptical Universal 24 Oct 2024
Elery, confused and wary (5)
Suspicious USA Today 07 Oct 2024
Not fully trusting LA Times Daily 04 Oct 2024
Suspicious Family Time 30 Sep 2024
Apprehensive Wall Street Journal 04 Sep 2024
Cunning The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 03 Sep 2024
Sly The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 21 Aug 2024
Distrusting New York Times 21 Aug 2024
Suspicious of Laurie? About time!
Wary, doubtful The Telegraph Plusword 10 Aug 2024
Guarded The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 07 Aug 2024
Cautious boy on railway (5) Puzzler Cryptic 26 Jul 2024
Distrustful Thomas Joseph 24 Jul 2024
Having reservations Newsday 18 Jul 2024
None too sure Newsday 12 Jul 2024
Cautious, wary Puzzler Backwords 02 Jul 2024
Suspicious or watchful
Not easily convinced
Sly The Guardian Quick 19 Apr 2024
Wary when left with spooky sound
Skeptical USA Today 08 Mar 2024
Derisory (5)
Apprehensive Universal 22 Jan 2024
Suspicious Thomas Joseph 27 Dec 2023
Suspicious Thomas Joseph 16 Dec 2023
Suspicious Commuter 15 Dec 2023
Less than trusting Newsday 10 Dec 2023
Suspicious Thomas Joseph 10 Nov 2023
Suspicious Thomas Joseph 02 Nov 2023
Distrustful Wall Street Journal 26 Oct 2023
Far from sure Newsday 12 May 2023
Distrustful USA Today 19 Mar 2023
Distrustful Thomas Joseph 28 Feb 2023
Suspicious Thomas Joseph 13 Feb 2023
A little suspicious Family Time 30 Jan 2023
Far from certain Newsday 28 Jan 2023
A little suspicious Family Time 16 Jan 2023
Suspicious (of) Universal 30 Dec 2022
Suspicious Wall Street Journal 28 Nov 2022
Wary (of) LA Times Daily 04 Oct 2022
Distrustful Wall Street Journal 26 Sep 2022
Distrustful Newsday 08 Sep 2022
Skeptical Newsday 31 Aug 2022
Dubious The Guardian Quick 04 Aug 2022
Not trustful Newsday 14 Apr 2022
Suspicious Wall Street Journal 08 Feb 2022
Not completely trusting Wall Street Journal 03 Feb 2022
Distrustful USA Today 30 Jan 2022
Skeptical Universal 23 Jan 2022
Cautious
Wind-up? Why to be wary
Distrustful Universal 31 Jul 2021
Skeptical and wary, informally
Skeptical The Washington Post 13 Jun 2021
Suspicious (of) LA Times Daily 10 May 2021
Suspicious (of) The Washington Post 10 May 2021
Mistrusting Universal 14 Mar 2021
Guarded New York Times 07 Mar 2021
Apprehensive Universal 25 Feb 2021
Distrustful Premier Sunday 21 Feb 2021
Line taken by migrant — not very cunning
Cautious Universal 15 Jan 2021
Suspicious The Washington Post 15 Jan 2021
Suspicious LA Times Daily 15 Jan 2021
Having one's doubts The Washington Post 10 Jan 2021
Having one's doubts LA Times Daily 10 Jan 2021
Skeptical Newsday 22 Dec 2020
Suspicious New York Times 06 Dec 2020
Suspicious criminal activity near White House ends in trouble
Rather suspicious Newsday 22 Jul 2020
Cautious local is running through Cork from railway yard Irish Times Crosaire 20 Jul 2020
Wary USA Today 28 May 2020
Suspicious USA Today 23 Apr 2020
Wary of turn — spin — and googly ultimately
Sort of suspicious Newsday 12 Apr 2020
Suspicious Thomas Joseph 10 Mar 2020
Skeptical New York Times 04 Mar 2020
Suspicious Wall Street Journal 13 Jan 2020
Not sure (of) LA Times Daily 27 Dec 2019
Not sure (of) The Washington Post 27 Dec 2019
Mistrustful Newsday 27 Nov 2019
Distrustful LA Times Daily 08 Aug 2019
Distrustful The Washington Post 08 Aug 2019
Having one's doubts USA Today 02 Aug 2019
Cunning criminal merely wants money
Wary New York Times 03 Jun 2019
Far from convinced Newsday 21 Apr 2019
Apprehensive
Guarded Wall Street Journal 31 Jan 2019
Feeling suspicious Newsday 28 Jan 2019
Skeptical and wary
Smelling a rat
Not sure (of)
Suspicious
Suspicious (of)
Wary
Having one's doubts
Guarded
Distrustful
Somewhat suspicious Universal 16 Oct 2018
Cautious (of) The Washington Post 10 Oct 2018
Cautious (of) LA Times Daily 10 Oct 2018
Smelling a rat USA Today 03 Oct 2018
Far from trusting USA Today 06 Aug 2018
Suspicious (of) Universal 27 Jun 2018
Smelling a 58-Across USA Today 13 May 2018
Sly, cunning The Telegraph Quick 23 Apr 2018
Suspicious Universal 14 Mar 2018
Distrustful Newsday 06 Mar 2018
Somewhat suspicious
Cautious (of)
Smelling a 58-Across
Suspicious (of)
Guarded
Far from trusting
Cautious line taken by US general
Suspicious
Suspicious Eugene Sheffer 26 May 2017
Suspicious Newsday 23 May 2017
Not at all trusting Universal 03 May 2017
Distrustful Thomas Joseph 05 Apr 2017
Knowing sort of look — mystery's ending
Suspicious (of) Newsday 23 Jan 2017
Suspicious
Not at all trusting
Distrustful The Chronicle of Higher Education 09 Sep 2016
Circumspect The Washington Post 31 Aug 2016
Distrustful Jonesin 23 Aug 2016
Cautious The Washington Post 20 Jul 2016
Doubtful Family Time 03 Jul 2016
Apprehensive New York Times 25 Apr 2016
Careful of flower found near River Liffey on far side Irish Times Crosaire 22 Apr 2016
Distrustful Universal 17 Mar 2016
Dubious The Washington Post 26 Jan 2016
Distrustful
Skeptical
Suspiciously cautious The Times Concise 10 Dec 2015
Like a doubting Thomas Universal 05 Dec 2015
Once bitten? USA Today 19 Oct 2015
Skeptical LA Times Daily 07 Oct 2015
Not so sure Newsday 12 Jul 2015
A little suspicious Family Time 26 Apr 2015
Distrustful USA Today 26 Apr 2015
Apprehensive USA Today 17 Apr 2015
Once bitten Universal 07 Feb 2015
Apprehensive Wall Street Journal 23 Jan 2015
Suspicious Premier Sunday 04 Jan 2015
Once bitten?
Apprehensive
Suspicious
Not so sure
Distrustful
Apprehensive
Distrustful
Suspicious (of)
Once bitten
Like a doubting Thomas
Skeptical
Skeptical
Suspicious
Distrustful
Distrustful
Distrustful
On guard
Less than trusting
Uneasy
Not fully trusting
Somewhat suspicious
Distrustful
Skeptical
Suspicious of your slippery character, on reflection
Guardedly suspicious
Doubting
Cautious
Skeptical
None too trusting
Untrusting
Hardly certain
Gun-shy
A little suspicious
Gun-shy
Uncertain
Guarded
Like a doubting Thomas
Wary
Distrustful
Uncertain
Rather distrustful
Cautious
Looking askance
Not convinced
Having doubts
Uncertain
On one's guard
Suspicious
None too trusting
Doubtful
Suspicious
Suspicious
Suspicious
Guarded
Suspicious (of)
Smelling a rat
On one's guard
None too trusting
Not fully trusting
A little suspicious
Skeptical
Untrusting
Wary
Untrusting
None too trusting
Suspicious
Circumspect
Not fully trusting
Mistrustful
Not too sure
Apprehensive
Smelling a rat
Gun-shy
Suspicious
Disbelieving
Dubious
Once bitten, so to speak
Disbelieving
Skeptical
Not so sure
Cautious (of)
Suspicious
Wary
Mistrustful
Mistrustful
Cautious
Skeptical
Skeptical
Distrustful
Distrustful
Suspicious
Openly distrustful
Smelling a rat
On one's guard
On one's guard
Once bitten, so to speak
Distrustful
Once bitten, so to speak
Not very trusting
Having that doubtful feeling
Skeptical
Guarded
Hardly accepting
Having doubts
On one's guard
Smelling a rat
On one's guard
Distrustful
Apprehensive
Mistrustful
Suspicious
Wary
Once bitten, say
Once bitten?
Unwilling to confide
Once bitten, say
Hesitant
Questioning
Questioning
Apprehensive
Smelling a rat
Doubtful
Suspicious
On one's guard
Tentative
Watchful
Skeptical
Guarded
Suspicious of
Not sure
Fearful
Chary
Smelling a rat, perhaps
Untrusting
Quite cautious
Distrustful: Colloq.
Wary: Colloq.
Having doubts
Wary: Slang.
Suspicious: Colloq.
Distrustful: Slang.
Knowing: Slang.
Suspicious: slang.
Suspicious: Slang.
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