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- [suh-spish-uh s]
- /səˈspɪʃ əs/
- /səˈspɪʃəs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [suh-spish-uh s]
- /səˈspɪʃ əs/
Definitions of suspicious word
- adjective suspicious tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior. 1
- adjective suspicious inclined to suspect, especially inclined to suspect evil; distrustful: a suspicious tyrant. 1
- adjective suspicious full of or feeling suspicion. 1
- adjective suspicious expressing or indicating suspicion: a suspicious glance. 1
- adjective suspicious suspects sth is wrong 1
- adjective suspicious person's behaviour 1
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Origin of suspicious
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English < Latin suspīciōsus, equivalent to suspīci- (see suspicion) + -ōsus -ous
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Parts of speech for Suspicious
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
suspicious popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
suspicious usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for suspicious
adj suspicious
- afraid — If you are afraid of someone or afraid to do something, you are frightened because you think that something very unpleasant is going to happen to you.
- all ears — If someone says that they are all ears, they mean that they are ready and eager to listen.
- alleged — An alleged fact has been stated but has not been proved to be true.
- anguished — Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
- aporetic — Tending to doubt.
adjective suspicious
- amphibological — (rare) of doubtful meaning, ambiguous, quibbling.
- careful — If you are careful, you give serious attention to what you are doing, in order to avoid harm, damage, or mistakes. If you are careful to do something, you make sure that you do it.
- confiding — unsuspicious; trustful
- deludable — Capable of being deluded; gullible.
- dim — DIM statement
Antonyms for suspicious
adj suspicious
- aporetic — Tending to doubt.
- apple pie — An apple pie is a kind of pie made with apples.
- apple-pie — pertaining to or embodying traditional American values: apple-pie virtues; an apple-pie issue that no politician could vote against.
- apprehensive — Someone who is apprehensive is afraid that something bad may happen.
- butterflies — tremors in the stomach region due to nervousness
adjective suspicious
- doubtable — (uncommon) Capable of being doubted; doubtful; dubious; dubitable. See usage notes below.
- expecting — Present participle of expect.
- heeding — to give careful attention to: He did not heed the warning.
- inconversant — Not conversant or acquainted (with something); unfamiliar.
- indubious — Not dubious or doubtful; certain.
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