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absorbing
English
Etymology
absorb +? -ing
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?z??.b??/, /?b?s??.b??/
- (US) IPA(key): /æb?z??.b??/, /æb?s??.b??/, /?b?z??.b??/, /?b?s??.b??/
- Rhymes: -??(r)b??
Adjective
absorbing (comparative more absorbing, superlative most absorbing)
- Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
- An absorbing pursuit.
- (statistics, of a state) Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.
Synonyms
- engrossing
- fascinating
- See also Thesaurus:exciting
Translations
Verb
absorbing
- present participle of absorb
References
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suspicious
English
Etymology
From Old French sospecious, from Latin suspiciosus, suspitiosus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??sp?.??s/
- Rhymes: -???s
Adjective
suspicious (comparative more suspicious, superlative most suspicious)
- Arousing suspicion.
- His suspicious behaviour brought him to the attention of the police.
- 1957, H. E. Bates, Death of a Huntsman
- If their views were entrancing their sanitation was primeval; if they possessed stables they were also next to the gas-works; if their gardens were delightful there were odours suspicious of mice in the bedrooms.
- 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
- non-suspicious, nonsuspicious
- suspiciously
- suspiciousness
Related terms
- suspect
- suspicion
- unsuspecting
Translations
See also
- odd
- strange
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