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Webster 1913 Edition
Suspicious
1.
Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof.
Nature itself, after it has done an injury, will ever be
suspicious
; and no man can love the person he suspects. South.
Many mischievous insects are daily at work to make men of merit
suspicious
of each other. Pope.
2.
Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear.
We have a
suspicious
, fearful, constrained countenance. Swift.
3.
Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving reason to imagine ill; questionable;
as, an author of
. suspicious
innovations; suspicious
circumstancesI spy a black,
suspicious
, threatening could. Shakespeare
Syn. – Jealous; distrustful; mistrustful; doubtful; questionable. See
– Jealous
. Sus-pi′cious-ly
, adv.
Sus-pi′cious-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Suspicious
SUSPI'CIOUS
,Adj.
Nature itself, after it has done an injury, will ever be suspicious, and no man can love the person he suspects.
1.
Indicating suspicion or fear. We have a suspicious, fearful, constrained countenance.
2.
Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving reason to imagine ill; as an author of suspicious innovations. I spy a black suspicious threat-ning cloud.
3.
Entertaining suspicion; given to suspicion. Many mischievous insects are daily at work to make men of merit suspicious of each other.
Definition 2024
suspicious
suspicious
English
Adjective
suspicious (comparative more suspicious, superlative most suspicious)
- Arousing suspicion.
- His suspicious behaviour brought him to the attention of the police.
- Distrustful or tending to suspect.
- I have a suspicious attitude to get-rich-quick schemes.
- Expressing suspicion
- She gave me a suspicious look.
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arousing suspicion
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distrustful
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expressing suspicion
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