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Suspicious

//səˈspɪʃ.əs// adj

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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

Etymology

From Old French sospecious, from Latin suspiciosus, suspitiosus.

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