Suspicious Meaning
/səˈspɪʃ.əs/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjArousing suspicion.
adjDistrustful or tending to suspect.
Sentence Examples
You're too suspicious about everything.
His neighbors are suspicious of him.
They became suspicious of his behaviour and contacted the police.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The guard dog became very ____ when the stranger slowly approached the house.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I saw a ____ man walking around the neighborhood late at night and I decided to call the local police today.
Word Origin & History
From Old French sospecious, from Latin suspiciosus, suspitiosus.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"If their views were entrancing their sanitation was primeval; if they possessed stables they were also next to the gas-works; if their gardens were delightful there were odours suspicious of mice in the bedrooms."
— 1957, H. E. Bates, Death of a Huntsman:
"Betraide by fortune and ſuſpitious loue,
Threatned with frowning wrath and iealouſie,
Surpriz’d with feare and hideous reuenge,
I ſtand agaſt: […]"
— c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene ii:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The guard dog became very ____ when the stranger slowly approached the house.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I saw a ____ man walking around the neighborhood late at night and I decided to call the local police today.