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 Definitions of Suspicion  [əˈspɪʃ ən]  

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Definition of 'Suspicion' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) suspicion
the act of suspecting, esp. something wrong or evil.

2.  suspicion
the state of mind or feeling of one who suspects; doubt; misgiving.

3.  suspicion
an instance of suspecting something or someone.

4.  suspicion
the state of being suspected:
under suspicion; above suspicion.

5.  suspicion
imagination of something to be the case or to be likely; notion.

6.  suspicion
a slight trace, hint, or suggestion:
a suspicion of a smile.

7. (v.t.) suspicion
Nonstandard. to suspect.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME < L suspīciō=suspīc-, var. s. of suspicere (see suspect ) +-iō -ion)

Definition of 'Suspicion' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) intuition, hunch, suspicion
an impression that something might be the case
"he had an intuition that something had gone wrong"

2. (noun) misgiving, mistrust, distrust, suspicion
doubt about someone's honesty

3. (noun) suspicion
the state of being suspected
"he tried to shield me from suspicion"

4. (noun) suspicion, suspiciousness
being of a suspicious nature
"his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage"


Definition of 'Suspicion' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) suspicion
a thought that sth is wrong, bad, or not able to be trusted
I had a suspicion that he was lying.; public suspicion about the case

2.  suspicion
under suspicion
considered likely to have done sth illegal
Two men are under suspicion for the crime.


Definition of 'Suspicion' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Suspicion
the act of suspecting; the imagination or apprehension of the existence of something (esp. something wrong or hurtful) without proof, or upon very slight evidence, or upon no evidence

2. (noun) Suspicion
slight degree; suggestion; hint

3. (verb) Suspicion
to view with suspicion; to suspect; to doubt


Translation of 'Suspicion' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the process of suspecting or being suspected; the/a feeling causing a person to suspect
They looked at each other with suspicion; I have a suspicion that she is not telling the truth.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: wantroue, vermoede Arabic flag Arabic: شَك، شُبْهَه، إشْتِباه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: подозрение
Brazilian flag Brazilian: suspeita Czech flag Czech: podezření German flag German: der Argwohn
Danish flag Danish: mistanke Greek flag Greek: υποψία Spanish flag Spanish: sospecha
Estonian flag Estonian: kahtlus Farsi flag Farsi: سوء ظن Finnish flag Finnish: epäilys
French flag French: soupçon Hebrew flag Hebrew: חֲשָד Hindi flag Hindi: अविश्वास
Croatian flag Croatian: sumnja, sumnjičenje Hungarian flag Hungarian: gyanú Indonesian flag Indonesian: kecurigaan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: grunur Italian flag Italian: sospetto Japanese flag Japanese: 疑い
Korean flag Korean: 의심 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: įtarimas Latvian flag Latvian: aizdomas
Malay flag Malay: rasa syak Dutch flag Dutch: verdenking Norwegian flag Norwegian: mistanke
Polish flag Polish: podejrzenie Persian flag Persian: سوء ظن Pashto flag Pashto: بد ګمانی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: suspeita Romanian flag Romanian: suspiciune Russian flag Russian: подозрение
Slovak flag Slovak: podozrenie Slovenian flag Slovenian: sum Serbian flag Serbian: sumnja
Swedish flag Swedish: misstänksamhet, misstro, Thai flag Thai: ความคลางแคลงใจ Turkish flag Turkish: kuşku
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 疑心 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: підозріння, підозра Urdu flag Urdu: شبہ، شک
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự nghi ngờ, sự bị nghi n Chinese flag Chinese: 疑心

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