English
Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Old French sospecious , from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Latin suspiciosus , suspitiosus .
Pronunciation
Adjective
suspicious (comparative more suspicious , superlative most suspicious )
( passive sense ) Arousing suspicion .
His suspicious behaviour brought him to the attention of the police.
( active sense ) Distrustful or tending to suspect .
I have a suspicious attitude to get-rich-quick schemes.
Expressing suspicion
She gave me a suspicious look.
Synonyms
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Translations
distrustful
Armenian: կասկածամիտ (hy) ( kaskacamit )
Catalan: suspicaç
Czech: podezřívavý m , podezíravý m
Danish: mistænksom
Dutch: achterdochtig (nl)
Finnish: epäilevä (fi) , epäluuloinen (fi)
French: méfiant (fr) , soupçonneux (fr)
German: misstrauisch (de)
Greek:
Ancient: καχύποπτος ( kakhúpoptos )
Hungarian: gyanakvó (hu) , bizalmatlan (hu)
Irish: amhrasach , inamhrais
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Japanese: 怪しい (ja) ( あやしい, ayashii )
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Latin: suspicax (la)
Macedonian: сомничав ( somničav )
Maori: matakana , hihira , hoto , pāihi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mistenksom (no)
Nynorsk: mistenksam
Polish: podejrzliwy (pl) , nieufny (pl)
Portuguese: desconfiado (pt)
Romanian: suspicios (ro)
Russian: подозри́тельный (ru) ( podozrítelʹnyj )
Scottish Gaelic: amharasach
Spanish: suspicaz (es) , desconfiado (es)
Swedish: misstrogen (sv) , misstänksam (sv)
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See also