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suspicious

/səˈspɪʃ.əs/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables
sus-pi-cious
IPA
/səˈspɪʃ.əs/
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Arousing suspicion.

adj

Distrustful or tending to suspect.

adj

Expressing suspicion

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Old French sospecious, from Latin suspiciosus, suspitiosus.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more suspicious (comparative) most suspicious (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonsuspicious oversuspicious supersuspicious sus suspiciously suspiciousness unsuspicious

Phrases

non-suspicious

Frequently Paired Words

suspect suspicion unsuspecting sus odd strange

Synonyms

questionable queer doubtful leery fishy funny shady suspect

Antonyms

unsuspecting

Rhymes With

delicious ambitious vicious malicious fictitious nutritious superstitious auspicious pernicious capricious judicious seditious

Questions

How do you pronounce suspicious?
The recorded pronunciation is /səˈspɪʃ.əs/.
What does suspicious mean?
Arousing suspicion.
Where does suspicious come from?
From Old French sospecious, from Latin suspiciosus, suspitiosus.

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