the state of mind or feeling of one who suspects: Suspicion kept him awake all night long.
3.
an instance of suspecting something or someone.
4.
state of being suspected: under suspicion; above suspicion.
5.
imagination of anything to be the case or to be likely; a vague notion of something.
6.
a slight trace, hint, or suggestion: a suspicion of a smile.
–verb (used with object)
7.
Nonstandard. to suspect.
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME < L suspīciōn- (s. of suspīciō), equiv. to suspīc- (var. s. of suspicere to look from below, suspect) + -iōn--ion]
—Synonyms 2. doubt, mistrust, misgiving. Suspicion,distrust are terms for a feeling that appearances are not reliable. Suspicion is the positive tendency to doubt the trustworthiness of appearances and therefore to believe that one has detected possibilities of something unreliable, unfavorable, menacing, or the like: to feel suspicion about the honesty of a prominent man. Distrust may be a passive want of trust, faith, or reliance in a person or thing: to feel distrust of one's own ability.
The act of suspecting something, especially something wrong, on little evidence or without proof.
The condition of being suspected, especially of wrongdoing.
A state of uncertainty; doubt. See Synonyms at uncertainty.
A minute amount or slight indication; a trace.
tr.v.
sus·pi·cioned, sus·pi·cion·ing, sus·pi·cionsNonstandard
To suspect.
[Middle English, alteration (influenced by Old French suspicion) of suspecioun, from Anglo-Norman, variant of Old French sospeçon, from Latin suspectiō, suspectiōn-, from suspectus, past participle of suspicere, to watch; see suspect.]
c.1290, from Anglo-Fr. suspecioun, from O.Fr. suspeçun, sospeçon "mistrust, suspicion" (Fr. soupçon), from L. suspectionem (nom. suspectio) "mistrust, suspicion, fear, awe," from pp. stem of suspicere "look up at" (see suspect). Spelling in Eng. infl. 14c. by learned O.Fr. forms closer to L. suspicionem. Suspicious "deserving of or exciting suspicion" is recorded from 1340, from O.Fr. suspecious, from L. suspicious "exciting suspicion." Meaning "full of or inclined to feel suspicion" is attested from c.1400. Edgar Allan Poe (c.1845) proposed suspectful to take one of the two conflicting senses of suspicious.
the process of suspecting or being suspected; the/a feeling causing a person to suspect Example: They looked at each other with suspicion; I have a suspicion that she is not telling the truth.
Arabic:
شَك، شُبْهَه، إشْتِباه
Chinese (Simplified):
疑心
Chinese (Traditional):
疑心
Czech:
podezření
Danish:
mistanke
Dutch:
verdenking
Estonian:
kahtlus
Finnish:
epäluulo
French:
soupçon
German:
der Argwohn
Greek:
υποψία
Hungarian:
gyanú
Icelandic:
grunur
Indonesian:
kecurigaan
Italian:
sospetto
Japanese:
疑い
Korean:
의혹, 수상쩍음
Latvian:
aizdomas
Lithuanian:
įtarimas
Norwegian:
mistanke
Polish:
podejrzenie
Portuguese (Brazil):
suspeita
Portuguese (Portugal):
suspeita
Romanian:
suspiciune
Russian:
подозрение
Slovak:
podozrenie
Slovenian:
sum
Spanish:
sospecha
Swedish:
misstänksamhet, misstro, misstanke
Turkish:
kuşku
suspicion2[səˈspiʃən]noun
a slight quantity or trace Example: There was a suspicion of triumph in his tone.
Spy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spied; p. pr. & vb. n. Spying.] [OE. spien, espien, OF. espier, F. ['e]pier, OHG. speh?n, G. sp["a]hen; akin to L. specere to see, Skr. spa(?). ? 169. Cf. Espy, v.t., Aspect, Auspice, Circumspect, Conspicuouc, Despise, Frontispiece, Inspect, Prospect, Respite, Scope, Scecimen, Spectacle, Specter, Speculate, Spice, Spite, Suspicion.] To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state of concealment; to espy; to see. One in reading, skipped over all sentences where he spied a note of admiration. --Swift. 2. To discover by close search or examination. Look about with yout eyes; spy what things are to be reformed in the church of England. --Latimer. 3. To explore; to view; inspect; and examine secretly, as a country; -- usually with out. Moses sent to spy Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof. --Num. xxi. 32.
Sus*pect"\, a. [L. suspectus, p. p. of suspicere to look up, admire, esteem, to look at secretly or askance, to mistrust; sub under + specere to look: cf. F. suspect suspected, suspicious. See Spy, and cf. Suspicion.]1. Suspicious; inspiring distrust. [Obs.] Suspect [was] his face, suspect his word also. --Chaucer. 2. Suspected; distrusted. [Obs.] What I can do or offer is suspect. --Milton.
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