Suspicious (?), a. [OE. suspecious; cf. L. suspiciosus. See Suspicion.] 1. Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof.
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Nature itself, after it has done an injury, will ever be suspicious; and no man can love the person he suspects. South.
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Many mischievous insects are daily at work to make men of merit suspicious of each other. Pope.
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2. Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear.
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We have a suspicious, fearful, constrained countenance. Swift.
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3. Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving reason to imagine ill; questionable; as, an author of suspicious innovations; suspicious circumstances.
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I spy a black, suspicious, threatening could. Shak.
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Syn. -- Jealous; distrustful; mistrustful; doubtful; questionable. See Jealous.
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-- Sus*pi"cious*ly, adv. -- Sus*pi"cious*ness, n.
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