suspiciou

a. [ OE. suspecious; cf. L. suspiciosus. See Suspicion. ] 1. Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nature itself, after it has done an injury, will ever be suspicious; and no man can love the person he suspects. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many mischievous insects are daily at work to make men of merit suspicious of each other. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear. [ 1913 Webster ]

We have a suspicious, fearful, constrained countenance. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving reason to imagine ill; questionable; as, an author of suspicious innovations; suspicious circumstances. [ 1913 Webster ]

I spy a black, suspicious, threatening could. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Jealous; distrustful; mistrustful; doubtful; questionable. See Jealous. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Sus*pi"cious*ly, adv. -- Sus*pi"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]