suspicion

Definitions

1. The act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong.
   countable, uncountable
2. The act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong
3. The condition of being suspected.
   countable, uncountable
4. The condition of being suspected
5. Uncertainty, doubt
6. Uncertainty, doubt.
   countable, uncountable
7. A trace, or slight indication
8. A trace, or slight indication.
   countable, uncountable
9. The imagining of something without evidence
10. The imagining of something without evidence.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

55 more languages

العربيةاتهامالشكّتشكيكريبشبهةشك+ 3 more

Azərbaycan dilişübhə

Българскисъмнение

বাংলাসন্দেহ

Bosanskisladšumsumnjaсумња+ 1 more

Catalàsospita

Češtinapodezíravostpodezření

Danskmistanke

Ελληνικάυπόνοιαυποψία

Esperantosuspekto

Eestikahtlus

Suomiepäilyepäilyksenalaisuusepäilysepäluuloepäluuloisuushäivähäivähdys+ 4 more

Gaeilgedrochamhras

Gàidhligamharasmì-earbsa

Galegosospeita

עבריתחשד

हिन्दीअविश्वासगुमानदग़दग़ाभरमवहमशकशंकाशुबहासंदेह+ 6 more

Hrvatskisladšumsumnjaсумња+ 1 more

Magyargyanú

Հայերենկասկածկասկածանք

Bahasa Indonesiakecurigaansyak

Íslenskagrunur

Italianosospetto

日本語嫌疑容疑悪気猜疑猜疑心疑い疑心疑惑+ 5 more

ქართულიგუმანიეჭვი

Қазақ тілікүдіккүмәншекшүбә+ 1 more

ភាសាខ្មែរកង្ខាការសង្ស័យមន្ទិលវិចិកិច្ឆាសង្កាសន្ទិះ+ 3 more

한국어의심의아의혹혐의회의+ 2 more

Kurdîşûmsumşuphezanشک+ 2 more

Latinasuspiciōsuspiciosuspitio

Lietuviųįtarimas

Latviešuaizdomas

Македонскиподозрениесомневање

മലയാളംസംശയം

Монголсэжиг

Bahasa Melayusyak

မြန်မာသံသယ

Nederlandsverdenking

Polskicieńnieufnośćpodejrzeniepodejrzliwośćposzlakaśladtrop+ 4 more

Portuguêssuspeiçãosuspeita

Românăsuspiciune

Русскийподозрение

Slovenščinasum

Shqipdyshim

Српскиsladšumsumnjaсумња+ 1 more

Svenskamisstankemisstänksamhet

Тоҷикӣгумон

ไทยข้อสงสัยความสงสัย

Tagaloghinalasuspetsa

Türkçeişkilkuşkuşüphezan+ 1 more

ئۇيغۇرچەشەكشۈبھە

Українськапідозрапідозріння

اردوسَنْدیہشبہہشکگُمان+ 1 more

O'zbekchagumonshakshubha

Tiếng Việtnghi hoặc

Examples

“[…]purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight⟳ a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout ſuſpition, no doubt⟳ to their equall ioy and contentment.”

“His unruly hair was slicked down with water, and as Jessamy introduced him to Miss⟳ Brindle his face⟳ assumed a cherubic innocence which would immediately have⟳ aroused the suspicions of anyone who knew him.”

“"When it comes to strangers with guns," I told her, "I think⟳ suspicion is more likely to keep⟳ you alive than trust⟳."”

“Given these entrenched ideological assumptions about the colonial order⟳, it is no wonder⟳ that the state and those groups with an interest⟳ in the status quo viewed with suspicion and hostility any challenges to the fixed and "natural" boundaries between different sorts of people.”

“In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own⟳ select⟳ circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.[…]Strangers might enter⟳ the room, but they were made to feel⟳ that they were there on sufferance: they were received with distance and suspicion.”

“a suspicion of a smile⟳”

“The features are mild but expressive, with just a suspicion[…]of saturnine or sarcastic humor.”

“Keep⟳ hot for 3 minutes, then turn⟳ right side up, polish the top with a suspicion of butter, cut⟳ in quarters, and send⟳ to table.”

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