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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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The meaning of SUSPICIOUS is tending to arouse suspicion : questionable. How to use suspicious in a sentence.
making you feel that something illegal is happening or that something is wrong: Her behaviour was very suspicious. The fire at the bank is being treated as suspicious. It's a little suspicious that no one knows where he was at the time of the murder. There were some suspicious characters hanging around outside.
Suspicious definition: tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable. See examples of SUSPICIOUS used in a sentence.
1. Arousing or apt to arouse suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior. 2. Tending to suspect; distrustful: a suspicious nature. 3. Expressing suspicion: a suspicious look. sus·pi′cious·ly adv. sus·pi′cious·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
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.
making you feel that something illegal is happening or that something is wrong: Her behavior was very suspicious. The fire at the bank is being treated as suspicious. It's a little suspicious that no one knows where he was at the time of the murder. There were some suspicious characters hanging around outside.
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.
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.
If you are suspicious of someone or something, you do not trust them, and are careful when dealing with them.
Definition of suspicious adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
