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.

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, 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

Words nearby suspicious

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

Example sentences from the Web for suspiciousness

His suspiciousness, however, grew by leaps and bounds during his sojourn in London.

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Even their suspiciousness was but the growling of a beaten dog.

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Passing now from the character of trustful confidence, we take up its opposite, suspiciousness.

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Bobby, however, was in a field where suspiciousness could scarcely be overdone.

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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, adverb suspiciousness, noun

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adjective

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