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suspicious

Pronunciation: /səˈspɪʃ.əs/

The English word “suspicious” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Arousing suspicion.
  2. Distrustful or tending to suspect.
  3. Expressing suspicion

Etymology

From Old French sospecious, from Latin suspiciosus, suspitiosus.

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