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suspicious
adjective sus·pi·cious \sə-ˈspi-shəs\
: causing a feeling that something is wrong or that someone is behaving wrongly : causing suspicion
: having or showing a feeling that something is wrong or that someone is behaving wrongly : feeling or showing suspicion
Full Definition of SUSPICIOUS
1
: tending to arouse suspicion : questionable <suspicious characters>
2
: disposed to suspect : distrustful <suspicious of strangers>
3
: expressing or indicative of suspicion <a suspicious glance>
— sus·pi·cious·ly adverb
— sus·pi·cious·ness noun
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First Known Use of SUSPICIOUS
14th century
Related to SUSPICIOUS
- Synonyms
- debatable, disputable, dodgy [chiefly British], doubtable, dubious, dubitable, equivocal, fishy, problematic (also problematical), queer, questionable, shady, shaky, suspect, doubtful
Rhymes with SUSPICIOUS
SUSPICIOUSNESS Defined for Kids
suspicious
adjective sus·pi·cious \sə-ˈspi-shəs\
Definition of SUSPICIOUS for Kids
1
: likely to arouse suspicion <suspicious actions>
2
: likely to distrust or be distrustful <Trolls are … mighty suspicious about anything new to them. — J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit>
3
: showing distrust <a suspicious glance>
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