Associations to the word «Suspicious»

Wiktionary

SUSPICIOUS, adjective. Arousing suspicion.
SUSPICIOUS, adjective. Distrustful or tending to suspect.
SUSPICIOUS, adjective. Expressing suspicion

Dictionary definition

SUSPICIOUS, adjective. Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.
SUSPICIOUS, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats