Sus-pī'ciŏŭs, a.

(sus-pĭsh'us), a. [Lat. suspiciosus, It. sospecioso, sospicioso, Sp. sospechoso, Pg. sospeitoso, suspeitoso, Pr. sospechos, sospichos, Fr. soupçonneur.] 1. Inclined to suspect; 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. 2. Indicating suspicion or fear. We have a suspicious, fearful, constrained countenance. Swift. 3. Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving reason to imagine ill; as, an author of suspicious innovations. I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud. Shak. 4. Entertaining suspicion; given to suspicion. Many mischievous insects are daily at work to make men of merit suspicious of each other. Pope. Syn.—Jealous; distrustful; mistrustful; doubtful; questionable. See JEALOUS.