Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

suspiciousness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables: sus-pi-cious-ness
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being suspicious in the sense of arousing suspicion.

Uncountable

noun

The state or quality of being suspicious in the sense of being distrustful or tending to suspect.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English suspicious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English suspiciousness From suspicious + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

dubiousness fishiness iffiness distrustfulness leeriness mistrustfulness suspicion

Questions

What does suspiciousness mean?: The state or quality of being suspicious in the sense of arousing suspicion.
Where does suspiciousness come from?: Etymology tree English suspicious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English suspiciousness From suspicious + -ness.

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