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Definition of Oversuspicious
1. Adjective. Unduly suspicious.
Definition of Oversuspicious
1. Adjective. Excessively suspicious; having a level of suspicion that is not warranted by circumstances. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oversuspicious
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oversuspicious
Literary usage of Oversuspicious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1874)
"Many an oversuspicious person will find advantage in remembering what a too
liberal application of ..."
2. John Dennis: His Life and Criticism by Harry Gilbert Paul (1911)
"It is not surprising, therefore, that before long the oversensitive and oversuspicious
old critic should have permitted the publication of these Remarks. ..."
3. Through South America's Southland: With an Account of the Roosevelt by John Augustine Zahm (1916)
"... overenthusiastic Pan-Germanists and oversuspicious Brazilian journalists and
politicans.1 1 ME ..."
4. What is Back of the War by Albert Jeremiah Beveridge (1915)
"You are offended that they should impose upon your intelligence. But subsequent
occurrences make it appear not improbable that you are oversuspicious. ..."
5. The Management of a City School by Arthur Cecil Perry (1919)
"The teacher should be oversuspicious rather than the reverse. In most cities
there is formal cooperation provided with the Department of Health, ..."
6. The New Magdalen: A Novel by Wilkie Collins (1873)
"They make me oversuspicious among them here, u'.id it ends in my feeling doubts
and fears that I can't get over: doubts about you and fears about myself. ..."
7. Nervous Children: Prevention and Management by Beverley Randolph Tucker (1916)
"... over- credulous or oversuspicious, or emotional to any extreme. We should also
bear in mind that the child is an imitative creature in whose presence we ..."
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