Suspicious

//səˈspɪʃ.əs// adj

adj ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Arousing suspicion.

    "His suspicious behaviour brought him to the attention of the police."

  2. 2
    Distrustful or tending to suspect.

    "We know he has a suspicious attitude to get-rich-quick schemes."

  3. 3
    Expressing suspicion

    "She gave me a suspicious look."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not as expected wordnet
  2. 2
    openly distrustful and unwilling to confide wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
questionabledoubtfulmistrustfula bit thicka bit thinabsurd

Example

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"You're too suspicious about everything."

Etymology

From Old French sospecious, from Latin suspiciosus, suspitiosus.

Related phrases

non-suspicious

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