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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.
The meaning of SUSPICIOUS is tending to arouse suspicion : questionable. How to use suspicious in a sentence.
Being suspicious is usually based on something, such as a hunch or some kind of evidence, but the word is typically used in situations in which there is some doubt—when someone suspects something, but isn’t sure. The same thing is implied by the verb suspect and the noun suspicion.
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.
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. He reported that two suspicious-looking characters had approached Callendar.
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; You have a very suspicious mind (= you always think that people are behaving in an illegal or dishonest way).
