US /səˈspɪʃ.əs/
adj Freq #2839

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Making you feel that something is wrong or dishonest.

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

  2. 2
    adj

    Feeling that you cannot trust someone or something.

    She was suspicious of his sudden kindness.

  3. 3
    adj

    Showing that you do not trust someone.

    She gave me a suspicious look.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · making you feel that... questionable
2 adj · feeling that you cannot... doubtfulleerywary
Word family
Derived forms non-suspiciousnonsuspicioussussuspiciouslysuspiciousness

Etymology

From Old French sospecious, from Latin suspiciosus, suspitiosus.

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