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suspicion
[ suh-spish-uhn ]
noun
- act of suspecting.
- the state of mind or feeling of one who suspects:
Suspicion kept him awake all night long.
- an instance of suspecting something or someone.
- state of being suspected:
under suspicion; above suspicion.
- imagination of anything to be the case or to be likely; a vague notion of something.
- a slight trace, hint, or suggestion:
a suspicion of a smile.
verb (used with object)
- Nonstandard. to suspect.
suspicion
/ səˈspɪʃən /
noun
- the act or an instance of suspecting; belief without sure proof, esp that something is wrong
- the feeling of mistrust of a person who suspects
- the state of being suspected
to be shielded from suspicion
- a slight trace
- above suspicionin such a position that no guilt may be thought or implied, esp through having an unblemished reputation
- on suspicionas a suspect
- under suspicionregarded with distrust
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Derived Forms
- susˈpicionless, adjective
- susˈpicional, adjective
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Other Words From
- presus·picion noun
- self-sus·picion noun
- super·sus·picion noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of suspicion1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of suspicion1
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Idioms and Phrases
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Synonym Study
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Example Sentences
Father Joel Román Salazar died in a car crash in 2013; his death was ruled an accident, but the suspicion of foul play persists.
Those who served abroad were treated with suspicion that they had been infected by European diplomacy.
In Romneyland, the super PAC is being met with real suspicion and skepticism.
Sena might have felt insulated from suspicion in part because of his friendly relationship with local police.
Suspicion has focused on the government of Qatar, which has strong ties to Nusra, as the source of the money.
Any one may possess the portrait of a tragedian without exciting suspicion or comment.
He learned the series by heart without any suspicion that he was committing it to memory.
Hilda impetuously turned her head; their glances met for an instant, in suspicion, challenge, animosity.
She watched him, and suddenly a suspicion darted through her mind—a suspicion that he suspected them.
Doubt, suspicion, anger clouded vision; pain routed the impersonal conception.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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