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Synonyms for suspicion

Grammar : Noun
Spell : suh-spish-uhn
Phonetic Transcription : səˈspɪʃ ən

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Définition of suspicion

Origin :
  • late 13c., from Anglo-French suspecioun, from Old French suspeçun, sospeçon "mistrust, suspicion" (French soupçon), from Latin suspectionem (nominative suspectio) "mistrust, suspicion, fear, awe," from past participle stem of suspicere "look up at" (see suspect). Spelling in English influenced 14c. by learned Old French forms closer to Latin suspicionem.
  • noun doubt
  • noun hint, trace
Example sentences :
  • Mrs. Van Geist fixed her niece with a sudden look of suspicion.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • No suspicion or fear can be rightly directed toward our country.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • At the same time there was not a suspicion of truculence or even repulse in his carriage.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • There is some suspicion that the names have been interchanged.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • In the meantime he will go home, and not a suspicion will be roused.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • He had no suspicion as to the tragedy that lay between him and her.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Max had roused at the sound of Le Moyne's voice, not to suspicion, of course, but to memory.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • The father must have had a suspicion of where the voice came from.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • For all that, Andrew had no suspicion who it could have been.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • And suspicion grew to certainty that she and Reid were lovers.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

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