Definition of suspicious

"suspicious" in the adjective sense

1. leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary

openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

2. fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious

not as expected

"there was something fishy about the accident"

"up to some funny business"

"some definitely queer goings-on"

"a shady deal"

"her motives were suspect"

"suspicious behavior"

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Quotations for suspicious

Whoever is suspicious incites treason. [ Voltaire ]

Alike reserved to blame, or to commend,
A timorous foe and a suspicious friend. [ Pope ]

Rakes are more suspicious than honest men. [ Richardson ]

Awkward, embarrassed, stiff, without the skill
Of moving gracefully or standing still.
One leg, as if suspicious of his brother.
Desirous seems to run away from t' other. [ Churchill ]

Age is suspicious, but is not itself often suspected. [ Zimmermann ]

Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from. [ Coleridge ]

He is so suspicious, that he cannot be got at without a stalking horse. [ Proverb ]

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happy married life. [ Oscar Wilde, Lady Windemere's Fan ]

A jealous man is suspicious, evermore judging the worst; for if his wife be merry, he thinketh her immodest; if sober, sullen; if pleasant, unconstant; if she laugh, it is lewdly; if she look, it is lightly; yea, he is still casting beyond the moon, and watcheth as the crafty cat over the silly mouse. [ J. Bodenham ]

suspicious in Scrabble®

The word suspicious is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters suspicious:

SUSPICIOUS
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suspicious in Words With Friends™

The word suspicious is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 18

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Words within the letters of suspicious

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