Antonyms for suspicious

Grammar : Adj

Spell : suh-spish-uhs

Phonetic Transcription : səˈspɪʃ əs

Definition of suspicious

Origin : "deserving of or exciting suspicion," mid-14c., from Old French suspecious, from Latin suspiciosus "exciting suspicion" (see suspicion). Meaning "full of or inclined to feel suspicion" is attested from c.1400. Edgar Allan Poe (c.1845) proposed suspectful to take one of the two conflicting senses. Related: suspiciously; suspiciousness.

adj distrustful
adj doubtful, fishy

Example sentences :

Now don't get suspicious, and tell me to mind my own business when I ask you questions.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

When this was swept away the floor presented no suspicious traces.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Despite the laughter there was a suspicious mist in Mr. Ried's eyes.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

Faust went away more than ever suspicious of Crane and Diablo.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

He told me that a suspicious character had been hanging about the hall, enquiring for me.
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

The menu made her suspicious of the food because it was written in French.
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

They avoided the main roads, and all towns, with suspicious care.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

The storekeepers aren't apt to employ you at first; they'll be suspicious of you.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

Stryker managed to infuse into his tone a deal of suspicious contempt.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

Now, a man on foot is always a suspicious character in this country.
Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton

Synonyms for suspicious

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