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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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making you feel that something illegal is happening or that something is wrong: Her behaviour 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.
The meaning of SUSPICIOUS is tending to arouse suspicion : questionable. How to use suspicious in a sentence.
SUSPICIOUS meaning: 1. making you feel that something illegal is happening or that something is wrong: 2. feeling…. Learn more.
1. tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior. 2. inclined to suspect, esp. inclined to suspect evil; distrustful. 3. full of or feeling suspicion. 4. expressing or indicating suspicion: a suspicious glance. [1300–50; Middle English < Latin suspīciōsus] sus•pi′cious•ly,adv. sus•pi′cious•ness,n.
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/
If you describe someone or something as suspicious, you mean that there is some aspect of them which makes you think that they are involved in a crime or a dishonest activity.
Suspicious definition: tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable. See examples of SUSPICIOUS used in a sentence.
SUSPICIOUS definition: 1. making you feel that something is wrong or that something bad or illegal is happening: 2. not…. Learn more.
adjective. /səˈspɪʃəs/ Word Family. suspicious (of/about somebody/something) feeling that somebody has done something wrong, illegal or dishonest, without having any proof. They became suspicious of his behaviour and contacted the police. a suspicious look.
If you are suspicious of someone or something, you believe that they are probably involved in a crime or some dishonest activity.
