suspicious
adjectivecommon in dialogue
- //səˈspɪʃ.əs//
Arousing suspicion.
adjective
- 1
Arousing suspicion.
His suspicious behaviour brought him to the attention of the police.
If their views were entrancing their sanitation was primeval; if they possessed stables they were also next to the gas-works; if their gardens were delightful there were odours suspicious of mice in the bedrooms.
- 2
Distrustful or tending to suspect.
We know he has a suspicious attitude to get-rich-quick schemes.
Betraide by fortune and ſuſpitious loue, Threatned with frowning wrath and iealouſie, Surpriz’d with feare and hideous reuenge, I ſtand agaſt: […]
- 3
Expressing suspicion
She gave me a suspicious look.
Etymology
From Old French sospecious, from Latin suspiciosus, suspitiosus.
Forms
- comparative
- more suspicious
- superlative
- most suspicious