different between suspicious vs superstitious

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

Etymology

Old French superstitieux, from Latin superstiti?sus, from superstitio + -?sus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s(j)u?.p??st?.??s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s(j)u.p??st?.??s/
• Rhymes: -???s

Adjective

superstitious (comparative more superstitious, superlative most superstitious)

1. Susceptible to superstitions.
2. Arising from or having the character of superstitions.
3. (archaic) overexact; unnecessarily scrupulous

Synonyms

• freety

Derived terms

Related terms

• superstition

Translations