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- Dictionarysuspicious/səˈspɪʃəs/
adjective
- 1. having or showing a cautious distrust of someone or something: "he was suspicious of her motives" Similar Opposite
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SUSPICIOUS definition: 1. making you feel that something illegal is happening or that something is wrong: 2. feeling…. Learn more.
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. suspiciously adverb. suspiciousness noun. Synonyms. debatable. disputable. dodgy [ chiefly British] doubtable. doubtful. dubious. dubitable.
Suspicious definition: tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable. See examples of SUSPICIOUS used in a sentence.
Definitions of suspicious. adjective. openly distrustful and unwilling to confide. synonyms: leery, mistrustful, untrusting, wary. distrustful. having or showing distrust. adjective. not as expected. “ suspicious behavior” synonyms: fishy, funny, shady, suspect. questionable. subject to question. Pronunciation. US. /səˈspɪʃəs/ UK. /səsˈpɪʃəs/
making you feel that something illegal is happening or that something is wrong: Her behavior was very suspicious. The fire at the bank is being treated as suspicious. It's a little suspicious that no one knows where he was at the time of the murder. There were some suspicious characters hanging around outside.
making you feel that something is wrong, illegal or dishonest. Didn't you notice anything suspicious in his behaviour? She died in suspicious circumstances. Police are not treating the fire as suspicious. It might look suspicious if we arrived together. It was all very suspicious. Extra Examples.
1. Arousing or apt to arouse suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior. 2. Tending to suspect; distrustful: a suspicious nature. 3. Expressing suspicion: a suspicious look. sus·pi′cious·ly adv. sus·pi′cious·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
