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Suspicious vs Hesitating - What's the difference?

suspicious | hesitating | Related terms |

Suspicious is a related term of hesitating.


As an adjective suspicious

is arousing suspicion.

As a verb hesitating is

.

As a noun hesitating is

hesitation.

suspicious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Arousing suspicion.
    • His suspicious behaviour brought him to the attention of the police.
  • Distrustful or tending to suspect.
    • I have a suspicious attitude to get-rich-quick schemes.
  • Expressing suspicion
    • She gave me a suspicious look.

    Synonyms

    * questionable * doubtful

    Derived terms

    * suspiciously * suspiciousness

    Related terms

    * suspect * suspicion * unsuspecting

    See also

    * odd * strange

    hesitating

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • hesitation
  • * (Charles Dickens)
    • Miss Martin, after sundry hesitatings and coughings, with a preparatory choke or two,