suspicious

/səˈspɪʃ.əs/

adjectivesus · pi · cious

Be **sus**: if you **spy** something **shh**-ady, it’s **sus-PI-shus** (sus + pi + shus).

Yes, it's suspicious. The tricky part is **-picious**: it’s **spi** + **cious** (sounds like “SPISH-us”), not “spicous” or “spicious.”

Definitions

  1. adjectivemaking you feel that something is wrong, dishonest, or not as it should be
  2. adjectiveshowing distrust or doubt about someone or something
  3. adjectiveseeming likely to be connected with a crime or bad behavior

Examples

  • “The cashier grew suspicious when the customer tried to pay with a torn bill.”
  • “It’s suspicious that the package arrived with no return address.”
  • “She was suspicious of his story because the details kept changing.”

Synonyms

doubtfulskepticalwarymistrustfulquestionable

Antonyms

trustingconfidentcertain

Translations

ES sospechosoPT suspeitoFR suspect

Common misspellings

supicioussuspishussuspicoussuspiciousssuspiciouslysuspiciussuspiscioussuspicious

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