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oversuspicious

oversuspicious adjective: excessively suspicious; having a level of suspicion that is not warranted by circumstances.

Adjective

oversuspicious (comparative more oversuspicious, superlative most oversuspicious)

  1. Excessively suspicious; having a level of suspicion that is not warranted by circumstances.

Forms of oversuspicious

comparativemore oversuspicious
superlativemost oversuspicious

Origin of oversuspicious

From over- + suspicious.

Words formed from oversuspicious

Questions about oversuspicious

What does oversuspicious mean?
Oversuspicious means excessively suspicious; having a level of suspicion that is not warranted by circumstances.
What part of speech is oversuspicious?
Oversuspicious is an adjective.

Words near oversuspicious in the dictionary

  1. oversureness
  2. oversurveillance
  3. oversusceptibility
  4. oversusceptible
  5. oversuspension
  6. oversuspicious
  7. oversuspiciously
  8. oversustained
  9. overswam
  10. overswarm
  11. overswarmed

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