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- pronunciation:
- s
spI
shs
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
tending to cause or evoke questions or doubt.
These activities carried out in the middle of the night appeared suspicious to the neighbors.- synonyms:
- dubious, questionable
- antonyms:
- unremarkable
- similar words:
- debatable, doubtful, fishy, shady, slippery, suspect, unbelievable, untrustworthy
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| definition 2: |
indicating one's suspicion.
His mother looked at him with a suspicious expression.- antonyms:
- unsuspecting, unsuspicious
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| definition 3: |
having or inclined to have suspicions; doubting; untrusting.
I grew suspicious when his business trips started to become more frequent.He's a suspicious person and trusts almost no one.- synonyms:
- distrustful, doubting, mistrustful
- antonyms:
- gullible, trusting, unsuspecting, unsuspicious
- similar words:
- chary, doubtful, dubious, hesitant, incredulous, jealous, leery, shy, skeptical, uncertain, unsure, wary
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| related words: |
incredible, jealous, questionable |
adverb + (adj.)suspicious
automatically,
awfully,
bit,
deeply,
extremely,
highly,
immediately,
increasingly,
inherently,
instantly,
intensely,
little,
mighty,
mutually,
naturally,
overly,
remotely,
rightly,
somewhat,
understandably,
vaguely
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(adj.)suspicious
+ adverb
bad, board, evidently, first, lately
(adj.)suspicious
+ noun
activity,
behavior,
bruise,
cargo,
character,
circumstance,
co-worker,
death,
demise,
foreigner,
gaze,
glance,
intention,
knapsack,
lesion,
look,
lump,
malignancy,
mammogram,
mole,
motive,
neoplasm,
outsider,
package,
passport,
powder,
regulator,
scrutiny,
spouse,
stranger,
transaction,
vehicle
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| derivations: |
suspiciously (adv.), suspiciousness (n.) |
The word suspicious
contains the following parts:
su-
Latin
prefix
that means under, below
  More about this word part:
The prefix "su-
" occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of "sub-."
Example words:
spect, spec, spic, spectro
Latin
root
that means to see, look, watch
Example words:
aspect, auspicious, circumspect, conspectus, conspicuous, despicable, despise, expectation, inauspicious, inconspicuous, inspect, inspector, introspect, introspective, irrespective, perspective, perspicacious, perspicuous, prospect, prospective, prospectus, respect, respective, retrospect, retrospective, special, species, specific, specify, specimen, specious, spectacle, spectacular, spectator, specter, spectrograph, spectrometer, spectroscope, spectrum, speculate, speculum, suspect, suspicious
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