Found 2 items, similar to Suspiciousness.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: suspiciousness
suspiciousness
n : being of a suspicious nature;
“his suspiciousness destroyed
his marriage” [syn:
suspicion]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Suspiciousness
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.
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Sus*pi"cious*ly, adv. --
Sus*pi"cious*ness, n.
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