different between suspicious vs reserved

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)

1. 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.

3. Distrustful or tending to suspect.

   I have a suspicious attitude to get-rich-quick schemes.

4. 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

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???z?vd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???z??vd/
• Hyphenation: re?served

Verb

reserved

1. simple past tense and past participle of reserve

Adjective

reserved (comparative more reserved, superlative most reserved)

1. (comparable) Slow to reveal emotion or opinions.

   He was a quiet, reserved person.

2. (not comparable) Set aside for a particular person or purpose.

   I'm sorry, sir, but these are reserved seats.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:taciturn

Derived terms

• reserved track
• reserved word (computing)

Related terms

• reservedly
• reservedness

Translations

See also

• shy

Anagrams

• deserver, reversed