suspicious
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/səˈspɪʃ.əs/
Definition of suspicious
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Arousing suspicion.
“His suspicious behaviour brought him to the attention of the police.”
“If their views were entrancing their sanitation was primeval; if they possessed stables they were also next to the gas-works; if their gardens were delightful there were odours suspicious of mice in the bedrooms.”
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adj
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Arousing suspicion.
“His suspicious behaviour brought him to the attention of the police.”
“If their views were entrancing their sanitation was primeval; if they possessed stables they were also next to the gas-works; if their gardens were delightful there were odours suspicious of mice in the bedrooms.”
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Distrustful or tending to suspect.
“We know he has a suspicious attitude to get-rich-quick schemes.”
“Betraide by fortune and ſuſpitious loue, Threatned with frowning wrath and iealouſie, Surpriz’d with feare and hideous reuenge, I ſtand agaſt: […]”
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Expressing suspicion
“She gave me a suspicious look.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Old French sospecious, from Latin suspiciosus, suspitiosus.
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