suspicious

adj

Etymology: From Old French sospecious, from Latin suspiciosus, suspitiosus.

1. Arousing suspicion.

   “His suspicious behaviour brought him to the attention of the police.”

   “If their views were entrancing their sanitation was primeval; if they possessed stables they were also next to the gas-works; if their gardens were delightful there were odours suspicious of mice in the bedrooms.”

2. Distrustful or tending to suspect.

   “We know he has a suspicious attitude to get-rich-quick schemes.”

   “Betraide by fortune and ſuſpitious loue, Threatned with frowning wrath and iealouſie, Surpriz’d with feare and hideous reuenge, I ſtand agaſt: […]”

3. Expressing suspicion

   “She gave me a suspicious look.”