Suspicious
(adjective)
- Feeling or showing suspicion.
- Having or showing a belief that something is likely to be true, without having definitive proof.
- Having or showing a belief that someone is guilty of a crime or is doing something wrong without having definitive proof.
- Having or showing a feeling of doubt or uncertainty about someone or something.
- Having or showing a lack of trust or confidence in someone or something.
Origin:
From middle english suspicious, from old french suspicious, from latin suspiciousus, from suspiciĆ ("a looking at, a watching, a suspecting"), from suspectus, past participle of suspicere ("to look at, to watch, to suspect"), from sub- ("under") + specere ("to loo.k")
Examples:
- The police were suspicious of the man's story.
- He was suspicious of her motives.
- The company was suspicious of the employee's behavior.
- She was suspicious of the man who was following her.
- The manager was suspicious of the employee's absence.