suspicious

English

Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French sospecious, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin suspiciosus, suspitiosus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈspɪ.ʃəs/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃəs

Adjective

suspicious (comparative more suspicious, superlative most suspicious)

1. (passive sense) Arousing suspicion.

   His suspicious behaviour brought him to the attention of the police.

2. (active sense) Distrustful or tending to suspect.

   I have a suspicious attitude to get-rich-quick schemes.

3. Expressing suspicion

   She gave me a suspicious look.

Synonyms

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• questionable
• doubtful

Derived terms

• non-suspicious, nonsuspicious
• suspiciously
• suspiciousness

Related terms

• suspect
• suspicion
• unsuspecting

Translations

arousing suspicion

• Belarusian: падазро́ны (padazróny)
• Bulgarian: подозри́телен (bg) (podozrítelen), съмни́телен (bg) (sǎmnítelen)
• Catalan: sospitós (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可疑的

• Czech: podezřelý (cs) m
• Danish: mistænkelig
• Finnish: epäilyttävä (fi)
• French: suspect (fr) m
• Galician: sospeitoso m
• German: verdächtig (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὑπόπτης (hupóptēs)

• Hungarian: gyanús (hu)
• Italian: sospettoso (it), ambiguo (it), losco (it)
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• Japanese: 怪しい (ja) (あやしい, ayashii); (formal) 不審 (ふしん, fushin)
• Latin: suspectus
• Macedonian: сомнителен (somnitelen)
• Maori: ohiti, ohitu
• Norwegian: suspekt

  Bokmål: mistenkelig

  Nynorsk: mistenkjeleg

• Polish: podejrzany (pl)
• Portuguese: suspeito (pt)
• Romanian: suspect (ro), dubios (ro)
• Russian: подозри́тельный (ru) (podozrítelʹnyj), сомни́тельный (ru) (somnítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: sospechoso (es)
• Swedish: misstänklig (sv)
• Ukrainian: підозрі́лий (pidozrílyj)

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
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• 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)

expressing suspicion

• Catalan: suspicaç
• Czech: podezřívavý m, podezíravý m
• Danish: mistænksom
• Finnish: epäilevä (fi), epäluuloinen (fi)
• French: suspicieux (fr), soupçonneux (fr)
• German: misstrauisch (de)
• Hungarian: gyanakvó (hu)
• Indonesian: curiga (id)
• Italian: diffidente
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 疑いの (ja) (utagai no), 怪しむよう (ayashimu yō)
• Latin: suspicax
• Macedonian: сомничав (somničav)
• Maori: tūpato
• Portuguese: suspeitoso
• Romanian: suspicios (ro)
• Russian: подозри́тельный (ru) (podozrítelʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: amharasach
• Spanish: sospechoso (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} wantrouwend (nl)
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• (deprecated template usage) Telugu: ^{(please verify)} అనుమానాస్పదం (anumānāspadaṁ)

See also

• odd
• strange