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noun
The state or quality of being suspicious in the sense of arousing suspicion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: dubiousness, fishiness, iffiness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The state or quality of being suspicious in the sense of being distrustful or tending to suspect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: distrustfulness, leeriness, mistrustfulness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
being of a suspicious nature
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: suspicion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: distrust, distrustfulness, mistrust
History
Etymology tree English suspicious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English suspiciousness From suspicious + -ness.
Across languages
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