Suspiciousness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Suspicious \Sus*pi"cious\, a. [OE. suspecious; cf. L.
     suspiciosus. See {Suspicion}.]
     1. Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to
        imagine without proof.
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              Nature itself, after it has done an injury, will
              ever be suspicious; and no man can love the person
              he suspects.                          --South.
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              Many mischievous insects are daily at work to make
              men of merit suspicious of each other. --Pope.
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     2. Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear.
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              We have a suspicious, fearful, constrained
              countenance.                          --Swift.
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     3. Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving
        reason to imagine ill; questionable; as, an author of
        suspicious innovations; suspicious circumstances.
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              I spy a black, suspicious, threatening could.
                                                    --Shak.
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     Syn: Jealous; distrustful; mistrustful; doubtful;
          questionable. See {Jealous}.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Sus*pi"cious*ly}, adv. --
          {Sus*pi"cious*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  suspiciousness
       n : being of a suspicious nature; "his suspiciousness destroyed
           his marriage" [syn: {suspicion}]