/səˈspɪʃəs/
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Translation
Feeling that something is wrong or that someone cannot be trusted; also looking strange or wrong.
Word origin
From Latin suspicere, meaning to look up at or to mistrust, which gave suspicio, a feeling of doubt.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- suspicere
- English cognates
- suspect, suspicion
Examples
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The guard started to feel the man could not be trusted.
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Here "suspicious" describes something that looks wrong.
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Her look showed she did not believe me.
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