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Suspicious vs Doubtable - What's the difference?

suspicious | doubtable |

As adjectives the difference between suspicious and doubtable

is that suspicious is arousing suspicion while doubtable is (uncommon) capable of being doubted; doubtful; dubious; dubitable see usage notes below .

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

    doubtable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (uncommon) Capable of being doubted; doubtful; dubious; dubitable. See usage notes below.
  • * 1971 , L. J. Swingle, "On Reading Romantic Poetry," PMLA , vol. 86, no. 5, p. 976,
    • Descartes adopts the tool of a radical skepticism, submitting to question established beliefs, exposing them to the test of doubt, breaking them down when they prove doubtable .
  • (obsolete) Fearsome; redoubtable.

    • Usage notes

    Philosophers often use "doubtable" in its literal sense of "capable of being doubted." In other scholarly and literary contexts, the more accepted direct synonym of "doubtable" is "dubitable." In all other usage, "doubtful" and "dubious" are far more common synonyms.

    Synonyms

    * (doubtful, dubious, capable of being doubted): uncertain

    Derived terms

    * undoubtable

    References

    * * * * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.