Definition of suspicious Suspicious
/sʌspɪˈʃʌs/ - [suspishus] - sus•pi•cious
We found 10 definitions of suspicious from 4 different sources.
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What does suspicious mean?
WordNet
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| suspicious - openly distrustful and unwilling to confide | ||
| leery, mistrustful, untrusting, wary | ||
| distrustful having or showing distrust; "a man of distrustful nature"; "my experience...in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally"- B.N.Cardozo; "vigilant and distrustful superintendence"- Thomas Jefferson | ||
| suspicious - not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior" | ||
| fishy, funny, shady, suspect | ||
| questionable able to be refuted | ||
| colloquialism a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | ||
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Wiktionary 
- suspicious (Adjective)
Arousing suspicion. - suspicious (Adjective)
distrustful or tending to suspect. - suspicious (Adjective)
Expressing suspicion.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- suspicious (a.)
Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof. - suspicious (a.)
Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear. - suspicious (a.)
Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving reason to imagine ill; questionable; as, an author of suspicious innovations; suspicious circumstances.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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Raising suspicion. -
suspicious
Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.
