suspicious

Speech parts

1. suspicious - Adjective

2. suspicious - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof.

Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mistrustful suspect funny questionable jealous doubtful wary shady distrustful fishy leery untrusting queer shifty negative

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Antonyms

based certain indubitable positive convinced obvious

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Phrases with the word

be suspicious be suspicious of more suspicious over-suspicious overly suspicious suspicious story

Examples

I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke, and I am suspicious of those who aren't. Alfred North Whitehead

Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is what always upsets the foreigner, who deals with them, they are so friendly how can they be so suspicious they are so suspicious how can they be so friendly but they just are. Gertrude Stein

Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. H. L. Mencken

The saint is suspicious of too many sacrifices. Brazilian Proverb

When the alms is too large, even a saint will be suspicious. Portuguese Proverb

Listen with one ear; be suspicious with the other. Lao Proverb

Close letter words and terms

suspicional suspicionful suspicionless suspicious and unbelieving suspicious fish suspicious story