Antonyms for unsuspicious

Grammar : Adj

Spell : suh-spish-uhs

Phonetic Transcription : səˈspɪʃ əs

Definition of unsuspicious

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.

As in innocent : adj harmless, naive
As in naive : adj childlike, trusting
As in trusting : adj trustful
As in unsuspecting : adj gullible
As in unwary : adj thoughtless, heedless
As in exploitable : adj easy
As in credulous : adj gullible, naive
As in easy : adj tolerant, permissive

Example sentences :

To Mali-ya-bwana, in his flattered and unsuspicious mood, this seemed reasonable.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

You have imposed upon a nature which you knew to be confiding and unsuspicious.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

So unsuspicious was Helen that she was sitting in the porch, with her back to the road.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

"Charlot has often told me so," she laughed, all unsuspicious.
Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini

If he observed her blushes, he was unsuspicious of the cause, and went on.
Extract from : « A Simple Story » by Mrs. Inchbald

The unsuspicious Mozart accepted the proposition, after consulting with his wife.
Extract from : « The Standard Oratorios » by George P. Upton

It is unsuspicious, and can be left upon a lady's dressing-table.
Extract from : « The Minister of Evil » by William Le Queux

The pig, unsuspicious of danger, was wandering about in the courtyard.
Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai

He was open-handed and unsuspicious—and wonderfully beloved.
Extract from : « The Crooked House » by Brandon Fleming

He is young and unsuspicious, and much harm might thus come to the state.
Extract from : « At the Point of the Bayonet » by G. A. Henty

Synonyms for unsuspicious

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