suspiciousness
Quality of doubting
Suspiciousness is the quality of being suspicious—either the tendency to distrust others or the quality of arousing distrust.
A person's suspiciousness makes them wary: His suspiciousness bordered on paranoia.
A situation's suspiciousness invites scrutiny: The suspiciousness of the circumstances warranted investigation.
State of being unsure
- distrustAbsence of confidence
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- incredulityInability to accept something
misgivings · hesitation · skepticism · reservation · qualm · dubiousness · leery · dubiety
Careful, sustained attention
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- warinessCautious distrust
- circumspectionCareful consideration of consequences
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
guardedness · attentiveness · heedfulness · carefulness · observance · awareness · caution · prudence
Clandestine coordinated scheming
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- delusionStubbornly held false belief
- paranoidUnreasonably suspicious of others
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
fear · anxiety · threat · surveillance · espionage · plotting · scheming · wiretapping
Suggesting someone's guilt
- implicationIndirect suggestion or consequence
- allegationAssertion lacking proof
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- insinuationIndirect, usually negative suggestion
finger-pointing · blame · culpability · guilt · complicity · wrongdoing · misconduct · criminality
uncertainty
State of being unsure
- distrustAbsence of confidence
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
incredulity · misgivings · hesitation · skepticism · reservation · qualm · dubiousness · leery · dubiety · wariness
watchfulness
Careful, sustained attention
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- warinessCautious distrust
- circumspectionCareful consideration of consequences
scrutiny · guardedness · attentiveness · heedfulness · carefulness · observance · awareness · caution · prudence · discretion
conspiracy
Clandestine coordinated scheming
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- delusionStubbornly held false belief
- paranoidUnreasonably suspicious of others
obsession · fear · anxiety · threat · surveillance · espionage · plotting · scheming · wiretapping · tracking
incrimination
Suggesting someone's guilt
- implicationIndirect suggestion or consequence
- allegationAssertion lacking proof
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
insinuation · finger-pointing · blame · culpability · guilt · complicity · wrongdoing · misconduct · criminality · shadiness
- suspiciondistrust, mistrust, doubt, wary, leery
- personality symptomsparanoia, social isolation, odd beliefs, magical thinking, flat affect
- Psychiatric Symptomshallucinations, delusions, paranoia, psychosis, flat affect
- personality disordersborderline personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, OCPD, personality disorders
suspiciousnesstrustfulness
Readiness to believe others
trust · faith · confidence · credulity · belief
suspiciousnessopenness
Quality of being accessible
receptiveness · open-mindedness · artlessness · candidness · receptivity
suspiciousnessnaivety
Innocent lack of experience
naiveté · innocence · gullibility · ingenuousness · guilelessness
suspect, suspicion, suspicious, suspected, suspiciously, suspicions, suspecting, suspects, unsuspicious