suspicious

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Old French sospecious, from Latin suspiciosus, suspitiosus.

They're so suspicious--that's it, suspicious. — Main Street, Sinclair Lewis
Do not be so suspicious. — His last bow : $b Some later reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle
It might have seemed suspicious. — A Stable for Nightmares; or, Weird Tales, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

leery, mistrustful, untrusting, wary

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