Suspectful vs. Suspicious — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Suspectful and Suspicious
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Suspectful
Mistrustful, suspicious.
Suspicious
Having or showing a cautious distrust of someone or something
He was suspicious of her motives
She gave him a suspicious look
Suspectful
Apt to suspect or mistrust; full of suspicion; suspicious; as, to be suspectful of the motives of others.
Suspicious
Arousing or apt to arouse suspicion; questionable
Suspicious behavior.
Suspicious
Tending to suspect; distrustful
A suspicious nature.
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Suspicious
Expressing suspicion
A suspicious look.
Suspicious
Arousing suspicion.
His suspicious behaviour brought him to the attention of the police.
Suspicious
Distrustful or tending to suspect.
I have a suspicious attitude to get-rich-quick schemes.
Suspicious
Expressing suspicion
She gave me a suspicious look.
Suspicious
Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; 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.
Many mischievous insects are daily at work to make men of merit suspicious of each other.
Suspicious
Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear.
We have a suspicious, fearful, constrained countenance.
Suspicious
Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving reason to imagine ill; questionable; as, an author of suspicious innovations; suspicious circumstances.
I spy a black, suspicious, threatening could.
Suspicious
Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
Suspicious
Not as expected;
There was something fishy about the accident
Up to some funny business
Some definitely queer goings-on
A shady deal
Her motives were suspect
Suspicious behavior
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