suspicious
/səˈspɪʃ.əs/ adjective
- adjective Arousing suspicion. “His suspicious behaviour brought him to the attention of the police.”
- adjective Distrustful or tending to suspect. “We know he has a suspicious attitude to get-rich-quick schemes.”
- adjective Expressing suspicion “She gave me a suspicious look.”
Synonyms
questionable queer doubtful leery mistrustful untrusting wary fishy funny shady suspect
Antonyms
Etymology
From Old French sospecious, from Latin suspiciosus, suspitiosus.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof.
- adjective Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear.
Etymology [OE. suspecious; cf. L. suspiciosus. See Suspicion.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “suspicious”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details