Suspicious — Defs

01 a. Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof.

1.
Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof.
“Nature itself, after it has done an injury, will ever be suspicious; and no man can love the person he suspects.” — South.

“Many mischievous insects are daily at work to make men of merit suspicious of each other.” — Pope.
2.
Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear.
“We have a suspicious, fearful, constrained countenance.” — Swift.
3.
Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving reason to imagine ill; questionable; as, an author of suspicious innovations; suspicious circumstances.
“I spy a black, suspicious, threatening could.” — Shak.