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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Suspicious \Sus*pi"cious\, 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}.
[1913 Webster] -- {Sus*pi"cious*ly}, adv. --
{Sus*pi"cious*ness}, n.
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