{
    "term": "suspicious",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "feeling that somebody has done something wrong, illegal or dishonest, without having any proof",
            "sensetop": "suspicious (of/about somebody/something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They became suspicious of his behaviour and contacted the police."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a suspicious look"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You have a very **suspicious mind** *(= you always think that people are behaving in an illegal or dishonest way)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His voice grew faintly suspicious."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I think they're starting to get suspicious."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Something about her smile made him suspicious."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were somewhat suspicious about her past."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She cast a suspicious glance at him."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "of"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be right to be suspicious (of somebody/​something)",
                    "have reason to be suspicious (of somebody/​something)",
                    "have a right to be suspicious (of somebody/​something)"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "making you feel that something is wrong, illegal or dishonest",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Didn't you notice anything suspicious in his behaviour?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She died in **suspicious circumstances**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police are not treating the fire as suspicious."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It might look suspicious if we arrived together."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was all very suspicious."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was seen acting in a highly suspicious manner."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I find it very suspicious that he left halfway through the morning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Inform the police immediately if you see anything suspicious."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have to carry on as usual or it would look suspicious."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities", "Crime and punishment"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "phrases": ["hear anything suspicious", "see anything suspicious"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "not willing or able to trust somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "suspicious (of somebody/something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I was suspicious of his motives."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many were suspicious of reform."
                },
                {
                    "text": "British voters are rightly suspicious of attempts to save money in the area of education."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Parents have every right to be suspicious of what the experts tell them."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She remained deeply suspicious of computers."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "sceptical",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "of"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be right to be suspicious (of somebody/​something)",
                    "have reason to be suspicious (of somebody/​something)",
                    "have a right to be suspicious (of somebody/​something)"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈspɪʃəs/",
                "audio": "su/suspicious/suspicious__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈspɪʃəs/",
                "audio": "su/suspicious/suspicious__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French suspicious, from Latin suspiciosus, from suspicio(n-) ‘suspicion’."
}