Suspicious

Definition: Suspicious

Suspicious

Adjective

1. Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.

2. (informal) not as expected; "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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "suspicious" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Etymology: Suspicious \Sus*pi"cious\, adjective. [from Old English expression suspecious; compare to Latin suspiciosus. See Suspicion.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Suspicious

Incredulity

Adjective: incredulous, skeptical, unbelieving, inconvincible; hard of belief, shy of belief, disposed to doubt, indisposed to believe; suspicious, scrupulous, distrustful, cynical;

Unbelief Doubt

Doubtful; (uncertain); disputable; unworthy of, undeserving of belief; questionable; suspect, suspicious; open to suspicion, open to doubt; staggering, hard to believe, incredible, unbelievable, not to be believed, inconceivable; impossible.

Incredulous as to, skeptical as to; distrustful as to, shy as to, suspicious of; doubting; Verb:

Crosswords: Suspicious

Why? You've got nothing to be suspicious about. (The Firm; writing credit: David Rabe)

The great advantage of having a reputation for being stupid: People are less suspicious of you. (Four Weddings and a Funeral; writing credit: Richard Curtis)

I mean, you don't get suspicious when your analyst calls you at home at three in the morning and weeps into the telephone? (Manhattan; writing credit: Woody Allen ; Marshall Brickman)

We ain't found nothin' yet, not even a suspicious cowchip. (The Touch of Satan; writing credit: James E. McLarty)

This grain of sand looks very suspicious. And so does this rock! (SpongeBob SquarePants; writing credit: Leonardo Fasoli; Patrizia Fassio)

On suspicious minds (Suspicious Minds; performing artist: Elvis Presley)

With suspicious minds (Suspicious Minds; performing artist: Elvis Presley)

Suspicious Characters (1915)

A Suspicious Wife (1914)

Suspicious Mr. Brown (1913)

In Suspicious Circumstances (1994)

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Books

• A Suspicious Proposal (Presents, 2112) (reference)

• One Norse Town: The Case of the Suspicious Scrolls (reference)

• Shattered Bonds: A True Story of Suspicious Death, Family Betrayal and a Daughter's Courage (reference)

• Suspicious Circumstances (reference)

• Suspicious Identity (The Lily Adventures, No. 2) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Suspicious Agenda (reference)

• Suspicious Minds (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Suspicious Minds [CD-SINGLE] [IMPORT] (reference)

• Suspicious (reference)

• Suspicious Minds (reference)

• Suspicious Minds [1999] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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The one in advance appeared to him decidedly suspicious.

And his mind was cataloguing weak points and suspicious things about the car.

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Health

Suspicious lesions should be cultured. (references)

The lesion is suspicious because of the presence of nodules. (references)

Removal of a suspicious lesion by shaving or curettage is not recommended. (references)

Business

The French are rather suspicious of new providers, and by having a division in France, people are more likely to accept new products. (references)

This is due to remnants of a very bureaucratic state administration, which is suspicious that its subjects are not telling the truth, or at least the whole truth. (references)

Children

Japan

The law also bans abuse under the guise of discipline and obliges teachers, doctors, and welfare officials to report any suspicious circumstances to the 174 local child counseling centers located nationwide or to municipal welfare centers. (references)

Civil Liberties

Uzbekistan

The committees identified for police those residents who appeared suspicious. (references)

Uzbekistan

However, authorities are highly suspicious of those who are particularly devout, including frequent mosque attendees, bearded men, and veiled women. (references)

Economic History

Zimbabwe

In the first decade following Zimbabwe's independence in 1980, the GOZ was highly suspicious of western investors. (references)

Bulgaria

According to industry professionals, the population of smaller towns is suspicious of direct marketing to end-users. (references)

Mauritius

Following the Act, an Economic Crime Office was established with the authority to investigate suspicious transactions and economic offenses. (references)

Human Rights

Peru

Two military recruits died under suspicious circumstances. (references)

Macau

Unlike in previous years, there were no suspicious deaths in custody. (references)

Poland

In 37 cases, the value of suspicious transactions exceeded $160 million. (references)

Minorities

Belarus

Police claimed that they looked very suspicious because they spoke the Belarusian language to each other. (references)

Political Economy

Morocco

There is one report of a suspicious death in police custody, and a number of prisoners died while incarcerated. (references)

Bangladesh

Police committed a number of extrajudicial killings, and some persons died in police custody under suspicious circumstances. (references)

Travel

Czech Rep

All Americans are advised to be continually aware of their surroundings and be alert to suspicious activities or individuals. (references)

Saudi Arabia

In addition, it is imperative that any suspicious activity, individuals, or vehicles be reported to the U.S. Embassy or nearest Consulate. (references)

Indonesia

Travel advisory: American citizens resident or traveling in Indonesia are advised to exercise caution at all times, be alert to suspicious or unclaimed packages, vary times and routes and other aspects of personal daily routine and keep a low profile. (references)

Women

Saudi Arabia

Hospital workers report that many women are admitted for treatment of injuries that apparently result from spousal violence; hospitals now are required to report any suspicious injuries to authorities. (references)

Worker Rights

Iceland

Citing the suspicious circumstances under which these dancers come and work in Iceland, the IFL said it did not want to assist unwittingly in human trafficking. (references)

China

While it allows many types of religious activity in Tibet, the Government does not tolerate religious manifestations that it views as advocating Tibetan independence or any expression of separatism, which it describes as "splittism." The Government remains suspicious of Tibetan Buddhism in general because of its links to the Dalai Lama, and this suspicion also applies to Tibetan Buddhist religious adherents who do not explicitly demonstrate their loyalty to the State. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "suspicious": arouse suspicious ♦ be suspicious ♦ be suspicious about ♦ be suspicious of ♦ become suspicious ♦ feel suspicious ♦ make suspicious ♦ mutually suspicious processes ♦ suspicious customer ♦ suspicious person. Additional references.

Beginning with "suspicious": suspicious-looking, suspicious-minded, suspicious-sounding.

Ending with "suspicious": over-suspicious, Self-suspicious.

Afrikaans

argwanend, agterdogtig. (various references)

Albanian

i dyshimtë (dingy, dodgy, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, fishy, left handed, misgiving, moot, precarious, problematic, queer, suspect, unassured, uncertain, unreliable, wildcat), dyshues (distrustful, doubtful, doubting, dubious, incredulous, leery, mistrustful, queer, shady, wary). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مفعم بالشك, ‏موسوس (meticulous, solicitous), ‏مريب (doubtful, dubious, dubitable, equivocal, fishy, jack, problematic, queer, questionable), ‏مرتاب (distrustful, doubtful, doubting, in doubt, mistrustful, skeptical), ‏مشكوك فيه (doubtful, dubious, dubitable, equivocal, fishy, questionable), ‏مشبوه (doubtful, dubious, dubitable, equivocal, fishy, suspect, suspected, under suspicion), ‏نزاع الى الشك, ‏حذر (admonish, advise, alert, alertness, be careful, be wise, beware, cagey, calculating, calculation, canny, care, careful, caution, cautious, cautiousness, chariness, chary, considerate, discreet, discreetness, discretion, exhort, fabian, forewarn, guard, guarded, guarding, heedful, leery, look behind, look out, lookout, mind, on the alert, on the lookout, prudence, prudent, safe, shy, shyness, sound an alarm, take care, vigilance, vigilant, wariness, warn, wary, watch, wide awake), ‏ظنان (distrustful, doubtful). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съмнителен (alleged, ambiguous, amphibious, dingy, disputable, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, fishy, fly-by-night, hedge, hole-and-corner, indeterminate, moot, off beat, phoney, precarious, problematic, queer, questionable, screwy, seedy, shady, shaky, suspect, uncertain, unsure, vague), мнителен, подозрителен (distrustful, doubtful, equivocal, jealous, leery, mistrustful, queer, suspect). (various references)

Chinese 

可疑 (dubious). (various references)

Czech

podezřelý (fishy, phoney, phony, queer, shady, suspect), podezíravý (distrustful, shy), nedùvìřivý (diffident, distrustful, incredulous, mistrustful, sceptical, wary). (various references)

Danish

gensidigt mistroiske subsystemer (mutually-suspicious subsystems), gensidigt mistroiske processer (mutually suspicious processes). (various references)

Dutch

wantrouwig, argwanend, achterdochtig. (various references)

Esperanto

suspektinda, suspektema, malfidema, malfida. (various references)

Farsi 

مشکوک (Doubtful, Dubious, Esoteric, Precarious, Questionable, Shady, Skeptic, Uncertain), حاکی ازبدگمانی , ظنین , بدگمان (Defiant). (various references)

Finnish

luulevainen (distrustful), epäluuloinen (distrustful), epäilyttävä (doubtful, suspect), epäiltävä (doubtful, dubious), epäilevä (distrustful, sceptical), arveluttava (doubtful, precarious, risky), arveluttaa (doubtful, precarious, risky). (various references)

French

méfiant. (various references)

Frisian

erchtinkend. (various references)

German

argwöhnisch (suspiciously, warily, wary), verdächtig (dodgy, fishy, furtively, guiltily, queer, shiftily, suspicious-looking, suspiciously). (various references)

Greek 

καχύποπτοσ, ύποπτοσ (queer, suspect), φιλύποπτοσ (cagey, distrustful, leery), δύσπιστοσ (incredulous, mistrustful, skeptical, unbelieving). (various references)

Hebrew 

חשו�" (suspect). (various references)

Hungarian

gyanús (bung, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, fishy, liable to suspicion, queer, shady, suspect, suspicion, to give rise to suspicion), gyanakvó (cagey, cagy, defiant, distrustful, misgiving, mistrustful, testy, trustless, yellow). (various references)

Indonesian

curiga (distrustful, doubtful). (various references)

Italian

sospetto (equivocal, questionable, suspect, suspected, suspicion). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

訝しい (doubtful), 焦臭い (burning or scorched smell, imminent military action), 疑い深い (distrustful, doubting, incredulous), 疑わしい (disputable, doubtful, questionable, uncertain), 怪しい (doubtful, dubious), 怪し�' (doubtful, questionable), 得�"の知れない (mysterious, strange, unfamiliar), 妖しい (doubtful, dubious), 如何わしい (dubious, indecent, unreliable, unseemly). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きなくさい (burning or scorched smell, imminent military action), うたがいぶかい (distrustful, doubting, incredulous), うたがわしい (disputable, doubtful, questionable, uncertain), いぶかしい (doubtful), いかがわしい (dubious, indecent, unreliable, unseemly), あやしい (doubtful, dubious), あやし�' (doubtful, questionable), えたいのしれない (mysterious, strange, unfamiliar). (various references)

Korean 

거동수상한. (various references)

Manx

ouryssagh (agnostic, disputable, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, dubious, mistrusting, moot, questionable, sceptic, sceptical, shady, suspecting). (various references)

Pig Latin

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Portuguese

suspeito (doubtful, equivocal, fishy, queer, questionable, shady, spotted, suspect), desconfiado (cagey, diffident, distrustful, mistrusted, mistrustful, shy, touchy, trustless, umbrageous, wary). (various references)

Romanian

suspect (doubtful, doubtful person, dubious, equivocal, fishy, queer, questionable, shady, suspect, suspiciously), temãtor (cowardly, fearful, pusillanimous, suspecting, timid, timorous, yellow), necurat (accursed, cursed, dark, devilish, dishonest, dishonorable, dishonourable, dubious, funny, shady, unclean), neîncrezãtor (distrustful, distrustfully, incredulous, mistrustful, suspiciously), echivoc (ambiguity, ambiguous, doubt, equivocal, equivocation, equivoque, multivocal, quibble, shady), dubios (doubtful, dubious, equivocal, fishy, questionable, shady, uncertain), bãnuitor (distrustful, leery, mistrustful, mistrustfully, squint, yellow), bãnuit (suspect), îndoielnic (ambiguous, arguable, debatable, doubtful, in doubt, lax, otiose, squint, uncertain). (various references)

Russian 

подозрительный (distrustful, leery, queer, questionable, screwy, suspect, umbrageous, wary). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sumnjiv (doubtful, fishy, questionable, shady, suspect), sumnjičav (distrustful, leery, sceptic, sceptical), nepoverljiv (distrustful, doubting, incredulous, leery, mistrustful, no confidence, trustless). (various references)

Spanish

suspicaz, receloso (anxious, mistrusted, mistrustful, worried). (various references)

Swedish

misstänksam (distrustful, leery). (various references)

Thai

น่าสงสัย (doubting, fishy, queer, ropey, sceptical, shady, suspect), หวา�"ระแวง (jealous). (various references)

Turkish

kuşkulu (creaky, debatable, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, hesitant, indecisive, jaundiced, questionable, suspect), kuşkucu (incredulous, sceptic, sceptical, skeptic, skeptical), güvenilmez (beyond belief, discredited, elusive, elusory, faithless, insecure, irresponsible, precarious, shifty, slippery, treacherous, uncertain, unfaithful, unreliable, unsound, unstable, unsteady, untrustable, untrustworthy, whacky), şüpheli (chancy, contestable, creaky, debatable, discredited, disputable, dodgy, doubtful, dubious, dubitative, equivocal, fishy, funny, funny peculiar, hazardous, indecisive, indefinable, murky, nebulous, precarious, problematic, problematical, sceptical, screwy, shadowy, shady, shaky, skeptical, speculative, suspect, suspenseful, umbrageous, uncertain, unconvincing), şüphelenen, şüpheci (distrustful, dubious, from missouri, mistrustful, sceptic, sceptical, skeptic, skeptical, unbelieving). (various references)

Ukrainian

що виклика�" підозру, підозрілий (doubtful, dubious, leery, mistrustful, questionable, rum, rummy, screwy, suspect, wary). (various references)

Vietnamese 

khả nghi; ám muội, hay nghi ngờ (distrustful), hay ngờ vực (distrustful), đáng ngờ (apocryphal, contestable, implausible, questionable, suspect). (various references)

Welsh

drwgdybus, amheus (ambiguous, doubtful, doubting, dubious), amheugar (skeptical). (various references)

suspectus. (various references)

suspect. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "suspicious": suspiciously, suspiciousness, suspiciousnesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "suspicious": oversuspicious, unsuspicious. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Suspicious" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Lupicinus, supicious, Supplicius, suscipious, suspecious, suspicio, suspiciouse, suspicius, suspicous, suspicuous, suspisious, suspitious. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-4 letters: cuspis, cussos, piscos.

-5 letters: coups, cusps, cusso, pious, pisco, pisos, scops, scups, soups, spics.

+2 letters: suspiciously, unsuspicious.

+4 letters: auspiciousness, oversuspicious, scrupulosities, suspiciousness.

+5 letters: impecuniousness, intussusception, punctiliousness.