Dictionary

suspicious en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /səˈspɪʃ.əs/
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Etymology

From Old French sospecious, from Latin suspiciosus, suspitiosus.

Meanings

1. Arousing suspicion.
   • 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. 1957, H. E. Bates, Death of a Huntsman:
   • His suspicious behaviour brought him to the attention of the police.
2. Distrustful or tending to suspect.
   • Betraide by fortune and ſuſpitious loue, Threatned with frowning wrath and iealouſie, Surpriz’d with feare and hideous reuenge, I ſtand agaſt: […] c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene ii:
   • We know he has a suspicious attitude to get-rich-quick schemes.
3. Expressing suspicion
   • She gave me a suspicious look.

Forms

Antonyms

unsuspecting

Deriveds

suspiciousness · nonsuspicious · supersuspicious · sus · non-suspicious · unsuspicious · suspiciously · oversuspicious

Relateds

odd · suspicion · strange · suspect · unsuspecting · sus

Synonyms

doubtful · queer · questionable · leery

Translations (135)

id curiga (expressing suspicion) · fr soupçonneux (distrustful) · nb mistenksom (distrustful) · fi epäilevä (distrustful) · fr soupçonneux (expressing suspicion) · ru подозри́тельный (arousing suspicion) · uk підозрі́лий (arousing suspicion) · es suspecto (arousing suspicion) · mk сомни́телен (arousing suspicion) · is grunsamlegur (arousing suspicion) · hu gyanakvó (distrustful) · mk со́мничав (expressing suspicion) · ga amhrasach (arousing suspicion) · de verdächtig (arousing suspicion) · it diffidente (expressing suspicion) · uk підозрі́ливий (distrustful) · eo suspektinda (arousing suspicion) · cs podezíravý (distrustful) · nn mistenksam (distrustful) · tr şüpheci (expressing suspicion) · pl nieufny (distrustful) · gd amharasach (expressing suspicion) · pl podejrzliwy (expressing suspicion) · hu gyanakvó (expressing suspicion) · ca suspicaç (distrustful) · pl nieufny (expressing suspicion) · bg съмни́телен (arousing suspicion) · gd amharasach (distrustful) · ga amhrasach (distrustful) · sv misstänklig (arousing suspicion) · it sospettoso (distrustful) · lv aizdomīgs (arousing suspicion) · fr louche (arousing suspicion) · bg подозрителен (expressing suspicion) · de misstrauisch (distrustful) · ro suspicios (distrustful) · es sospechoso (expressing suspicion) · tr şüphe uyandırıcı (arousing suspicion) · pt suspeitoso (expressing suspicion) · hu gyanús (arousing suspicion) · az şübhəli (arousing suspicion) · el ύποπτος (arousing suspicion) · hi संदिग्ध (arousing suspicion) · cs podezíravý (expressing suspicion) · sv misstänksam (distrustful) · pt suspeito (arousing suspicion) · hi संदिग्ध (expressing suspicion) · cs podezřívavý (distrustful) · es suspicaz (distrustful) · cs podezřívavý (expressing suspicion) · mk со́мничав (distrustful) · mi ohiti (distrustful) · uk підозрі́ливий (expressing suspicion) · ru подозри́тельный (distrustful) · mk недо́верлив (distrustful) · it diffidente (distrustful) · grc καχύποπτος (distrustful) · ja 怪しい (distrustful) · fr suspect (arousing suspicion) · ar مَشبوه (arousing suspicion) · hi संदिग्ध (distrustful) · ro dubios (arousing suspicion) · cmn 可疑 (arousing suspicion) · el καχύποπτος (distrustful) · la suspicax (expressing suspicion) · it sospetto (arousing suspicion) · hy կասկածամիտ (distrustful) · fi epäluuloinen (distrustful) · es receloso (distrustful) · hu bizalmatlan (distrustful) · ja 怪しい (arousing suspicion) · da mistænksom (expressing suspicion) · es desconfiado (distrustful) · ota شبههلو (arousing suspicion) · ja 不審 (arousing suspicion) · cs podezřelý (arousing suspicion) · no suspekt (arousing suspicion) · sv misstrogen (distrustful) · ru сомни́тельный (arousing suspicion) · bg подозри́телен (arousing suspicion) · pl podejrzany (arousing suspicion) · tl kahina-hinala (arousing suspicion) · ga inamhrais (distrustful) · pl podejrzliwy (distrustful) · ca sospitós (arousing suspicion) · ota شبههلو (distrustful) · ga amhrasach (expressing suspicion) · nn mistenkjeleg (arousing suspicion) · tr şüpheli (arousing suspicion) · be падазро́ны (arousing suspicion) · gl sospeitoso (arousing suspicion) · grc ὑπόπτης (arousing suspicion) · ar مُريب (arousing suspicion) · nl argwanig (distrustful) · ja 怪しむよう (expressing suspicion) · la suspectus (arousing suspicion) · it losco (arousing suspicion) · ro suspect (arousing suspicion) · nb mistenkelig (arousing suspicion) · de argwöhnisch (expressing suspicion) · de misstrauisch (expressing suspicion) · fr suspicieux (expressing suspicion) · fi epäluuloinen (expressing suspicion) · mi matakana (distrustful) · bg недоверчив (distrustful) · mi ohitu (arousing suspicion) · fi epäilevä (expressing suspicion) · da mistænkelig (arousing suspicion) · ceb matahapon (arousing suspicion) · fi epäilyttävä (arousing suspicion) · tr kuşkulu (expressing suspicion) · nl achterdochtig (distrustful) · fr méfiant (distrustful) · mk подозри́телен (expressing suspicion) · ru подозри́тельный (expressing suspicion) · de argwöhnisch (distrustful) · sk podozrivý (arousing suspicion) · id mencurigakan (arousing suspicion) · mi ohiti (arousing suspicion) · mi tūpato (expressing suspicion) · pt desconfiado (distrustful) · mi pāihi (distrustful) · ca suspicaç (expressing suspicion) · la suspicax (distrustful) · it ambiguo (arousing suspicion) · da mistænksom (distrustful) · fr chelou (arousing suspicion) · uz shubhali (arousing suspicion) · es sospechoso (arousing suspicion) · mk подозри́телен (arousing suspicion) · mi hoto (distrustful) · ro suspicios (expressing suspicion) · nl verdacht (arousing suspicion) · ja 疑いの (expressing suspicion) · mi hihira (distrustful)