Meaning of Soupcon | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A very small amount; a hint; a trace, slight idea; an inkling.
2. Alternative spelling of soupçon.
   alt-of, alternative
3. A suspicion; a suggestion.
   dated

Equivalents

Examples

“Add a soupçon of red pepper.”

“coffee with a soupçon of cognac”

“No one is so depraved that a soupçon of goodness cannot be found in them.”

“Henrietta, her niece, looked much prettier than she really was; she had good dark eyes, to which a soupçon of rouge, put on with such skill that few suspected it, gave all possible brightness.”

“Eleanor returned the pressure of the other's hand with an infinitesimal soupçon of a squeeze.”

“[…] and as he spoke, there was just a soupçon of foreign accent in the pronunciation of the French vowels, a certain drawl of o's and a's, that would have betrayed the Britisher to an observant ear.”

“Anthony was playing with an ancient tennis-ball, and he bounced it carefully on the floor several times before he answered with a soupçon of acidity: “You're a little idiot, Geraldine.””

“There were times, during the first two years of the Biden presidency, when I came close to forgetting about it all: the taunts and the provocations; the incitements and the resentments; the disorchestrated reasoning; the verbal incontinence; the press conferences fueled by megalomania, vengeance, and a soupçon of hydroxychloroquine.”

“A guy I'd known as little more than a campus loser was running for Senate with a fair amount of aplomb, a soupcon of dignity and boatloads of cash from his personal fortune.”

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