Definitions for suspicious
səˈspɪʃ əssus·pi·cious

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary(adj)

   openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

2. fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious(adj)

   not as expected

   "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"

Wiktionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. suspicious(Adjective)

   Arousing suspicion.

   His suspicious behaviour brought him to the attention of the police.

2. suspicious(Adjective)

   distrustful or tending to suspect.

   I have a suspicious attitude to get-rich-quick schemes.

3. suspicious(Adjective)

   Expressing suspicion

   She gave me a suspicious look.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Suspicious(adj)

   inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof

2. Suspicious(adj)

   indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear

3. Suspicious(adj)

   liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving reason to imagine ill; questionable; as, an author of suspicious innovations; suspicious circumstances

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'suspicious' in Adjectives Frequency: #813

How to pronounce suspicious?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say suspicious in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of suspicious in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of suspicious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of suspicious in a Sentence

1. Woody Haldrugold:

   Be suspicious, but do not believe the opposite.

2. Mutasim Abdul-Aziz Alati:

   I was suspicious of all of the people around me.

3. Mark Hamill:

   I was a little suspicious because he was a 'Star Trek' guy.

4. Publilius Syrus:

   A suspicious mind always looks on the black side of things.

5. John Miller:

   This is an indicator of something that would be very suspicious.

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