suspicious
11suspicious */*/ — UK [səˈspɪʃəs] / US adjective 1) believing that someone has probably done something wrong Colleagues became suspicious when he started acting strangely. a) feeling that someone or something cannot be trusted suspicious of: People are often… …
12suspicious — adjective 1 thinking that someone might be guilty of doing something wrong or dishonest, without being sure: His behaviour that day made the police suspicious. (+ of/about): I m suspicious of Jen s intentions. 2 making you think that something… …
13suspicious — adj. 1) suspicious about, of 2) suspicious that + clause (it was suspicious that no story appeared in the press) * * * [sə spɪʃəs] of suspicious about suspicious that + clause (it was suspicious that no story appeared in the press) …
14suspicious — [səˈspɪʃəs] adj 1) if you are suspicious, you do not trust someone or you think that something bad might have happened Colleagues became suspicious when he started acting strangely.[/ex] a suspicious glance/look[/ex] People are often suspicious… …
15suspicious — suspect, suspicious 1. Suspect is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable as a noun (the chief suspect) and adjective (a suspect package), and with the stress on the second syllable as a verb (They suspect something). 2. As an adjective …
16suspicious — adjective Date: 14th century 1. tending to arouse suspicion ; questionable < suspicious characters > 2. disposed to suspect ; distrustful < suspicious of strangers > 3. expressing or indicative of suspicion < a suspicious glance > …
17suspicious — suspiciously, adv. suspiciousness, n. /seuh spish euhs/, adj. 1. tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior. 2. inclined to suspect, esp. inclined to suspect evil; distrustful: a suspicious tyrant. 3. full of or… …
18suspicious — adjective 1) she gave him a suspicious look Syn: doubtful, unsure, dubious, wary, chary, skeptical, distrustful, mistrustful, disbelieving, cynical Ant: trusting 2) a highly suspicious character …
19suspicious — adjective 1) she gave him a suspicious look Syn: doubtful, unsure, dubious, wary, sceptical, mistrustful 2) a suspicious character Syn: suspect, dubious, unsavoury, disreputable; informal shifty …
20suspicious — /səˈspɪʃəs/ (say suh spishuhs) adjective 1. liable to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: *They are detaining resisters and putting anyone suspicious under house arrest –glenda adams, 1982. 2. inclined to suspect; especially, inclined to… …
