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- DictionarySus·pi·cious/səˈspiSHəs/
adjective
- 1. having or showing a cautious distrust of someone or something: "he was suspicious of her motives"
The meaning of SUSPICIOUS is tending to arouse suspicion : questionable. How to use suspicious in a sentence.
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 illegal is happening or that something is wrong: 2. feeling…. Learn more.
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.
feeling doubt or no trust in someone or something: His colleagues became suspicious (= thought that there was something wrong) when he did not appear at work, since he was always punctual. They are deeply / highly (= very) suspicious of one another/ of each other's motives.
adj. 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.
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.
2 days ago · If you are suspicious of someone or something, you do not trust them, and are careful when dealing with them. He was rightly suspicious of meeting me until I reassured him I was not writing about him.
SUSPICIOUS definition: 1. making you feel that something is wrong or that something bad or illegal is happening: 2. not…. Learn more.
Definition of suspicious adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
