Meanings
adjectiveoversuspicious (comparative more oversuspicious, superlative most oversuspicious)
comparative more oversuspicious · superlative most oversuspicious
- Excessively suspicious; having a level of suspicion that is not warranted by circumstances.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveunduly suspicious
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Englishsuspicious
- Englishoversuspicious
From over- + suspicious.
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oversuspicious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversuspicious
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“oversuspicious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversuspicious. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oversuspicious,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversuspicious.
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