suspicious
/səˈspɪʃ.əs/
suspicious adjective: arousing suspicion.
Adjective
suspicious (comparative more suspicious, superlative most suspicious)
- 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.1957, H. E. Bates, Death of a Huntsman
- Synonyms:
- questionable, queer
- 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,
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- Antonyms:
- unsuspecting
- Expressing suspicion
- She gave me a suspicious look.
suspicious meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
suspicious in Hindi
- arousing suspicion
- संदिग्ध sandigdh
- distrustful
- संदिग्ध sandigdh
- expressing suspicion
- संदिग्ध sandigdh
suspicious in Tamil
- உறுதியற்ற, ஐயத்திற்குரிய, ஐயப்பாடான, ஐயுறவான
suspicious in Marathi
- suspicious
- संशयास्पद sauśyāspad
suspicious in Urdu
- suspicious
- اشتباہی iśtibāhī
- suspicious, distrustful, disloyal
- بد گمان bad gumān
- suspicious, fishy
- گڑبڑ gaṛbaṛ
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- suspicious in Bengali
- সন্দেহজনক
- suspicious in Telugu
- అనుమానాస్పదంగా, అనుమానాస్పదమైనది
- suspicious in Malayalam
- സംശയിക്കത്തക്ക, ശങ്കയുണർത്തുന്ന, വിശ്വാസം തോന്നാത്ത
- suspicious in Kannada
- ಅದುಹಿನ, ಅರೆಮರಿಕೆಯ, ನಚ್ಚೆಣಿಸುವ, ಸಂದೇಹಪಡುವ
- suspicious in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ੱਕੀ
- suspicious in Gujarati
- શંકાસ્પદ
- suspicious in Odia
- ସନ୍ଦେହଜନକ
- suspicious in Nepali
- शङ्कास्पद, संदिग्ध
- suspicious in Tagalog
- kahina-hinala
- suspicious in Arabic
- مُريب murīb, مَشبوه mašbūh
- suspicious in Indonesian
- mencurigakan, curiga
Examples of suspicious in a sentence
- The suspicious omissions in the new edition of the book attracted claims of censorship.
- Although this behavior may look suspicious, we should assume good faith.
- Do your part to reduce crime by reporting any suspicious activity.
Synonyms of suspicious
Antonyms
Forms of suspicious
| comparative | more suspicious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most suspicious |
Origin of suspicious
From Old French sospecious, from Latin suspiciosus, suspitiosus.
Words formed from suspicious
Words that rhyme with suspicious
Questions about suspicious
- What does suspicious mean?
- Suspicious means arousing suspicion.
- What is suspicious in Hindi?
- Suspicious in Hindi is संदिग्ध (sandigdh). See Suspicious meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is suspicious?
- Suspicious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce suspicious?
- Suspicious is pronounced /səˈspɪʃ.əs/.
Words near suspicious in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: suspicious (page history and authors); suspicious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); संशयास्पद (Marathi) (page history and authors); اشتباہی (Urdu) (page history and authors); suspicious (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); suspicious (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); suspicious (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); suspicious (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); suspicious (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); suspicious (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); suspicious (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); suspicious (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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