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Suspectful and Suspicious Definitions

Suspectful

Mistrustful, suspicious.

Suspicious

Arousing or apt to arouse suspicion; questionable
Suspicious behavior.

Suspectful

Apt to suspect or mistrust; full of suspicion; suspicious; as, to be suspectful of the motives of others.

Suspicious

Tending to suspect; distrustful
A suspicious nature.

Suspicious

Expressing suspicion
A suspicious look.
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Suspicious

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

Suspicious

Distrustful or tending to suspect.
I have a suspicious attitude to get-rich-quick schemes.

Suspicious

Expressing suspicion
She gave me a suspicious look.

Suspicious

Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof.
Nature itself, after it has done an injury, will ever be suspicious; and no man can love the person he suspects.
Many mischievous insects are daily at work to make men of merit suspicious of each other.

Suspicious

Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear.
We have a suspicious, fearful, constrained countenance.
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Suspicious

Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving reason to imagine ill; questionable; as, an author of suspicious innovations; suspicious circumstances.
I spy a black, suspicious, threatening could.

Suspicious

Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

Suspicious

Not as expected;
There was something fishy about the accident
Up to some funny business
Some definitely queer goings-on
A shady deal
Her motives were suspect
Suspicious behavior

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