adj
Meaning 1
Arousing suspicion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- His suspicious behaviour brought him to the attention of the police.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: questionable, queer
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
suspicious
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/səˈspɪʃ.əs/
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rhymes with -ɪʃəs
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adj
Meaning 2
Distrustful or tending to suspect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We know he has a suspicious attitude to get-rich-quick schemes.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: doubtful, leery
Antonyms: unsuspecting
adj
Meaning 3
Expressing suspicion
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She gave me a suspicious look.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
not as expected
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fishy, funny, shady, suspect
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: leery, mistrustful, untrusting, wary
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Old French sospecious, from Latin suspiciosus, suspitiosus.
Across languages
Translations
134 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُريب (murīb) — arousing suspicion
- Arabic: مَشبوه (mašbūh) — arousing suspicion
- Azerbaijani: şübhəli — arousing suspicion
- Belarusian: падазро́ны (padazróny) — arousing suspicion
- Bulgarian: подозри́телен (podozrítelen) — arousing suspicion
- Bulgarian: съмни́телен (sǎmnítelen) — arousing suspicion
- Catalan: sospitós — arousing suspicion
- Cebuano: matahapon — arousing suspicion
- Chinese Mandarin: 可疑 (kěyí) — arousing suspicion
- Czech: podezřelý — arousing suspicion
- Danish: mistænkelig — arousing suspicion
- Dutch: verdacht — arousing suspicion
- Esperanto: suspektinda — arousing suspicion
- Finnish: epäilyttävä — arousing suspicion
- French: suspect — arousing suspicion
- French: louche — arousing suspicion
- French: chelou — arousing suspicion
- Galician: sospeitoso — arousing suspicion
- German: verdächtig — arousing suspicion
- Greek: ύποπτος (ýpoptos) — arousing suspicion
- Ancient Greek: ὑπόπτης (hupóptēs) — arousing suspicion
- Hindi: संदिग्ध (sandigdh) — arousing suspicion
- Hungarian: gyanús — arousing suspicion
- Icelandic: grunsamlegur — arousing suspicion
- Indonesian: mencurigakan — arousing suspicion
- Irish: amhrasach — arousing suspicion
- Italian: sospetto — arousing suspicion
- Italian: ambiguo — arousing suspicion
- Italian: losco — arousing suspicion
- Japanese: 怪しい (ayashii) — arousing suspicion
- Japanese: 不審 (fushin) — arousing suspicion
- Latin: suspectus — arousing suspicion
- Latvian: aizdomīgs — arousing suspicion
- Macedonian: сомни́телен (somnítelen) — arousing suspicion
- Macedonian: подозри́телен (podozrítelen) — arousing suspicion
- Māori: ohiti — arousing suspicion
- Māori: ohitu — arousing suspicion
- Norwegian: suspekt — arousing suspicion
- Norwegian Bokmål: mistenkelig — arousing suspicion
- Norwegian Nynorsk: mistenkjeleg — arousing suspicion
- Polish: podejrzany — arousing suspicion
- Portuguese: suspeito — arousing suspicion
- Romanian: suspect — arousing suspicion
- Romanian: dubios — arousing suspicion
- Russian: подозри́тельный (podozrítelʹnyj) — arousing suspicion
- Russian: сомни́тельный (somnítelʹnyj) — arousing suspicion
- Slovak: podozrivý — arousing suspicion
- Spanish: sospechoso — arousing suspicion
- Spanish: suspecto — arousing suspicion
- Swedish: misstänklig — arousing suspicion
- Tagalog: kahina-hinala — arousing suspicion
- Turkish: şüpheli — arousing suspicion
- Turkish: şüphe uyandırıcı — arousing suspicion
- Ottoman Turkish: شبههلو (şübheli) — arousing suspicion
- Ukrainian: підозрі́лий (pidozrílyj) — arousing suspicion
- Uzbek: shubhali — arousing suspicion
- Armenian: կասկածամիտ (kaskacamit) — distrustful
- Bulgarian: недоверчив (nedoverčiv) — distrustful
- Catalan: suspicaç — distrustful
- Czech: podezřívavý — distrustful
- Czech: podezíravý — distrustful
- Danish: mistænksom — distrustful
- Dutch: achterdochtig — distrustful
- Dutch: argwanig — distrustful
- Finnish: epäilevä — distrustful
- Finnish: epäluuloinen — distrustful
- French: méfiant — distrustful
- French: soupçonneux — distrustful
- German: misstrauisch — distrustful
- German: argwöhnisch — distrustful
- Ancient Greek: καχύποπτος (kakhúpoptos) — distrustful
- Hindi: संदिग्ध (sandigdh) — distrustful
- Hungarian: gyanakvó — distrustful
- Hungarian: bizalmatlan — distrustful
- Irish: amhrasach — distrustful
- Irish: inamhrais — distrustful
- Italian: sospettoso — distrustful
- Italian: diffidente — distrustful
- Japanese: 怪しい (ayashii) — distrustful
- Latin: suspicax — distrustful
- Macedonian: со́мничав (sómničav) — distrustful
- Macedonian: недо́верлив (nedóverliv) — distrustful
- Māori: matakana — distrustful
- Māori: hihira — distrustful
- Māori: hoto — distrustful
- Māori: pāihi — distrustful
- Māori: ohiti — distrustful
- Norwegian Bokmål: mistenksom — distrustful
- Norwegian Nynorsk: mistenksam — distrustful
- Polish: podejrzliwy — distrustful
- Polish: nieufny — distrustful
- Portuguese: desconfiado — distrustful
- Romanian: suspicios — distrustful
- Russian: подозри́тельный (podozrítelʹnyj) — distrustful
- Scottish Gaelic: amharasach — distrustful
- Spanish: suspicaz — distrustful
- Spanish: desconfiado — distrustful
- Spanish: receloso — distrustful
- Swedish: misstrogen — distrustful
- Swedish: misstänksam — distrustful
- Ottoman Turkish: شبههلو (şübheli) — distrustful
- Ukrainian: підозрі́ливий (pidozrílyvyj) — distrustful
- Bulgarian: подозрителен (podozritelen) — expressing suspicion
- Catalan: suspicaç — expressing suspicion
- Czech: podezřívavý — expressing suspicion
- Czech: podezíravý — expressing suspicion
- Danish: mistænksom — expressing suspicion
- Finnish: epäilevä — expressing suspicion
- Finnish: epäluuloinen — expressing suspicion
- French: suspicieux — expressing suspicion
- French: soupçonneux — expressing suspicion
- German: misstrauisch — expressing suspicion
- German: argwöhnisch — expressing suspicion
- Hindi: संदिग्ध (sandigdh) — expressing suspicion
- Hungarian: gyanakvó — expressing suspicion
- Indonesian: curiga — expressing suspicion
- Irish: amhrasach — expressing suspicion
- Italian: diffidente — expressing suspicion
- Japanese: 疑いの (utagai no) — expressing suspicion
- Japanese: 怪しむよう (ayashimu yō) — expressing suspicion
- Latin: suspicax — expressing suspicion
- Macedonian: со́мничав (sómničav) — expressing suspicion
- Macedonian: подозри́телен (podozrítelen) — expressing suspicion
- Māori: tūpato — expressing suspicion
- Polish: podejrzliwy — expressing suspicion
- Polish: nieufny — expressing suspicion
- Portuguese: suspeitoso — expressing suspicion
- Romanian: suspicios — expressing suspicion
- Russian: подозри́тельный (podozrítelʹnyj) — expressing suspicion
- Scottish Gaelic: amharasach — expressing suspicion
- Spanish: sospechoso — expressing suspicion
- Turkish: şüpheci — expressing suspicion
- Turkish: kuşkulu — expressing suspicion
- Ukrainian: підозрі́ливий (pidozrílyvyj) — expressing suspicion
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