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# suspicious

«suspicious» in Mova's school dictionary: **wrong, dangerous or dishonest: "a suspicious package"** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (suspicious, more suspicious, most suspicious)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Making you think something is wrong, dangerous or dishonest: "a suspicious package". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspicious/#m1)

2) Not trusting someone or something: "The cat was suspicious of the new dog." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspicious/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In safety lessons, pupils learn to tell an adult about suspicious people, messages or packages, and not to touch them. In online safety, a suspicious email or link may be a scam. In detective stories, the detective notices suspicious behaviour. Phrases: suspicious of, look suspicious, suspicious package, suspicious behaviour.

### examples

- Tell a teacher if you see a suspicious bag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspicious/#x1)
- That email looks suspicious; do not click the link. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspicious/#x2)
- The detective found a suspicious footprint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspicious/#x3)
- The cat was suspicious of the vacuum cleaner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspicious/#x4)
- Mum got suspicious when the biscuit jar was empty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspicious/#x5)
- A man was acting suspiciously near the cars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspicious/#x6)
- “Father first,” said Michael, who was of a suspicious nature. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspicious/#x7)

### note

The adverb is "suspiciously"; the noun is "suspicion"; the verb is "suspect". Spelling: "suspicious" ends in "-cious". Safety: do not go near something suspicious; tell an adult or the police. Being suspicious of a person just because of how they look is unfair.

### In the corpora

- ["Sus" is short for suspicious; in New England "wicked" means very.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/42-building-tension-and-suspense/17/)
- [Saying «someone stole it» when nobody did makes innocent classmates look suspicious.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework/28/)
- [Ethan's mate says one caveman rubbed two sticks and boom, fire; Ethan says «sus», meaning suspicious.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/61-how-we-got-here-the-big-steps-on-one-long-timeline/9/)
- [Never touch a suspicious object or bag; move away and tell an adult.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/technology/39-robots-at-work-and-at-home/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «suspicious» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suspicious/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.