suspicious

[ suh-spish-uhs ]

/ səˈspɪʃ əs /

adjective

tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior.

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

full of or feeling suspicion.

expressing or indicating suspicion: a suspicious glance.

Words nearby suspicious

suspensory ligament of lens, suspensory ligament of ovary, suspensory muscle of duodenum, suspicion, suspicional, suspicious, suspiration, suspire, susquehanna, suss, sussed

Origin of suspicious

1300–50; Middle English < Latin suspīciōsus, equivalent to suspīci- (see suspicion) + -ōsus -ous

SYNONYMS FOR suspicious

1 suspect, dubious, doubtful.

2 mistrustful, wary, disbelieving.

OTHER WORDS FROM suspicious

sus·pi·cious·ly, adverbsus·pi·cious·ness, nounhy·per·sus·pi·cious, adjectivehy·per·sus·pi·cious·ly, adverb

hy·per·sus·pi·cious·ness, nouno·ver·sus·pi·cious, adjectiveo·ver·sus·pi·cious·ly, adverbo·ver·sus·pi·cious·ness, nounpre·sus·pi·cious, adjectivepre·sus·pi·cious·ly, adverbpre·sus·pi·cious·ness, nounself-sus·pi·cious, adjectivesu·per·sus·pi·cious, adjectivesu·per·sus·pi·cious·ly, adverbsu·per·sus·pi·cious·ness, nounun·sus·pi·cious, adjectiveun·sus·pi·cious·ly, adverbun·sus·pi·cious·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for suspiciousness

His suspiciousness, however, grew by leaps and bounds during his sojourn in London.
A Girl Among the Anarchists|Isabel Meredith
Even their suspiciousness was but the growling of a beaten dog.
The Job|Sinclair Lewis
Passing now from the character of trustful confidence, we take up its opposite, suspiciousness.
Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic|Sidney L. Gulick
Bobby, however, was in a field where suspiciousness could scarcely be overdone.
The Making of Bobby Burnit|George Randolph Chester

I deny my 'suspiciousness' altogether—it is not one of my faults.
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846|Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett

British Dictionary definitions for suspiciousness

suspicious

/ (səˈspɪʃəs) /

adjective

exciting or liable to excite suspicion; questionable

disposed to suspect something wrong

indicative or expressive of suspicion

Derived forms of suspicious

suspiciously, adverbsuspiciousness, noun

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suspicious

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