Meanings
- uncountableThe state or quality of being suspicious in the sense of arousing suspicion.
Synonyms: dubiousness, fishiness, iffiness
- uncountableThe state or quality of being suspicious in the sense of being distrustful or tending to suspect.
Synonyms: distrustfulness, leeriness, mistrustfulness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or quality of being suspicious in the sense of arousing suspicion.
nounThe state or quality of being suspicious in the sense of being distrustful or tending to suspect.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan suspicàcia
- suspicàciastate or quality of being distrustful or tending to suspect
Finnish epäilyttävyys
- epäilyttävyysstate or quality of arousing suspicion
Greek καχυποψία
- καχυποψία (kachypopsía)state or quality of being distrustful or tending to suspect
Hungarian gyanakvás
- gyanakvásstate or quality of being distrustful or tending to suspect
Polish podejrzliwość
- podejrzliwośćstate or quality of being distrustful or tending to suspect
Russian подозри́тельность, подозри́тельность
- подозри́тельность (podozrítelʹnostʹ)state or quality of arousing suspicion
- подозри́тельность (podozrítelʹnostʹ)state or quality of being distrustful or tending to suspect
Ukrainian підозрі́лість, підозрі́ливість
- підозрі́лість (pidozrílistʹ)state or quality of arousing suspicion
- підозрі́ливість (pidozrílyvistʹ)state or quality of being distrustful or tending to suspect
- підозрі́лість (pidozrílistʹ)state or quality of being distrustful or tending to suspect
Cite this entry
suspiciousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suspiciousness
“suspiciousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suspiciousness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suspiciousness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suspiciousness.
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