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adjective

Suspicious adj.

Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof. "Nature itself, after it has done an injury, will ever be suspicious; and no man can love the person he suspects." "Many mischievous insects are daily at work to make men of merit suspicious of each other."

Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear. "We have a suspicious, fearful, constrained countenance."

Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving reason to imagine ill; questionable; as, an author of suspicious innovations; suspicious circumstances. "I spy a black, suspicious, threatening could."

Synonyms: Jealous; distrustful; mistrustful; doubtful; questionable. See Jealous.

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"Suspicious" Quotes from Famous Books

... messenger came to require his immediate attendance on her majesty. His first thought was to pretend sickness: the second to suspect that the queen, who sent for him at such an unseasonable time, was in the plot; but at last, after all the extravagant ideas of a suspicious man, and all the irresolutions of a jealous husband, he ...

— The Memoirs of Count Grammont, Complete • Anthony Hamilton

... which cause me no small degree of embarrassment. I am not accustomed to this sort of homage. And I see that it is displeasing to our authorities, who are always suspicious and fearful of losing their newly-gotten power. If they are envious now, what will they be when you return crowned with fresh laurels? Heaven knows to what lengths their malignity will then carry them. But you will be here, and then nothing can ...

— Hortense, Makers of History Series • John S. C. Abbott

... opportunity, to think myself very high indeed in his good opinion and good graces? But these rich men think themselves the constant prey of all portionless girls, and are always upon their guard, and suspicious of some design to take them in. This sort of disposition I had very early observed in Mr. Crutchley, and therefore I had been more distant and cold with him than with anybody I ever met with ; but latterly his character had ...

— The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay Volume 1 • Madame D'Arblay

... "There now!" she cried in triumph. "What did I tell you? I told you I was fighting your battles. Now you see! Think shame of your suspicious temper! You should go down upon your bended knees both to ...

— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson

... seems to turn upon assassination. If you know so much about Stroebel's death, it's unfortunate that you left Europe at a time when you might have rendered important aid in finding the murderer. It's a bit suspicious, Monsieur Armitage! It is known at the Hotel Monte Rosa in Geneva that you were the last person to enjoy an interview with the venerable statesman—you see I ...

— The Port of Missing Men • Meredith Nicholson

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