epäilyttäväksi

Epäilyttäväksi is a translative form of the Finnish adjective epäilyttävä, meaning suspicious or dubious. It is used to express a change of state or the result of turning into something that arouses suspicion. The form is common when describing how a situation, statement, or piece of evidence becomes or is regarded as suspicious.

In usage, epäilyttäväksi appears with verbs of becoming or transformation, such as muuttua (to become), tulla (to come to be), or osoittautua (to prove to be). Examples include: Tilanne muuttui epäilyttäväksi. Todiste osoittautui epäilyttäväksi. Sanat tekivät tilanteen epäilyttäväksi. These illustrate how the complement marked by -ksi denotes the new state.

Etymology and form: epäilyttäväksi is built from the noun epäily (doubt, suspicion) plus the adjectival suffix -ttävä, which yields an adjective meaning “causing suspicion.” The translative suffix -ksi then marks the transition into the new state, i.e., becoming suspicious. The combination conveys that something has taken on a suspicious quality or has been deemed suspicious.

Käyttö ja nuance: epäilyttäväksi is typical in written or formal Finnish, such as journalism, law, or investigative contexts, where the focus is on how evidence or behavior comes to be viewed as suspicious. In everyday speech, speakers more often use epäilyttävä or elämyksiä like osoittautua epäilyttäväksi, depending on the sentence.