suspicious

[ suh-spish-uhs ]
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adjective
  1. tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior.

  2. inclined to suspect, especially inclined to suspect evil; distrustful: a suspicious tyrant.

  1. full of or feeling suspicion.

  2. expressing or indicating suspicion: a suspicious glance.

Origin of suspicious

1
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Latin suspīciōsus, from suspīci(ō) “mistrust” (see suspicion) + -ōsus -ous

Other words for suspicious

Other words from suspicious

  • sus·pi·cious·ly, adverb
  • sus·pi·cious·ness, noun
  • hy·per·sus·pi·cious, adjective
  • hy·per·sus·pi·cious·ly, adverb
  • hy·per·sus·pi·cious·ness, noun
  • o·ver·sus·pi·cious, adjective
  • o·ver·sus·pi·cious·ly, adverb
  • o·ver·sus·pi·cious·ness, noun
  • pre·sus·pi·cious, adjective
  • pre·sus·pi·cious·ly, adverb
  • pre·sus·pi·cious·ness, noun
  • self-sus·pi·cious, adjective
  • su·per·sus·pi·cious, adjective
  • su·per·sus·pi·cious·ly, adverb
  • su·per·sus·pi·cious·ness, noun
  • un·sus·pi·cious, adjective
  • un·sus·pi·cious·ly, adverb
  • un·sus·pi·cious·ness, noun

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How to use suspicious in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for suspicious

suspicious

/ (səˈspɪʃəs) /


adjective
  1. exciting or liable to excite suspicion; questionable

  2. disposed to suspect something wrong

  1. indicative or expressive of suspicion

Derived forms of suspicious

  • suspiciously, adverb
  • suspiciousness, noun

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