Devious vs Suspicious - What's the difference?
devious | suspicious | Related terms |
Deviating; not straightforward or honest, not frank; not standard.
* 1839 , Frederick Marryat, The Phantom Ship
Arousing suspicion.
Distrustful or tending to suspect.
Expressing suspicion
Devious is a related term of suspicious.
As adjectives the difference between devious and suspicious
is that devious is deviating; not straightforward or honest, not frank; not standard while suspicious is arousing suspicion.devious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Keeping close in to the shore, they discovered, after two hours run, a fresh stream which burst in a cascade from the mountains, and swept its devious course through the jungle, until it poured its tribute into the waters of the Strait.
suspicious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His suspicious behaviour brought him to the attention of the police.
- I have a suspicious attitude to get-rich-quick schemes.
- She gave me a suspicious look.