suspicious.
Arousing suspicion.
Meaning & usage
Arousing suspicion.
His suspicious behaviour brought him to the attention of the police.
Distrustful or tending to suspect.
We know he has a suspicious attitude to get-rich-quick schemes.
Expressing suspicion
She gave me a suspicious look.
Where this word comes from
From Old French sospecious, from Latin suspiciosus, suspitiosus.
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