suspicion

suspicion
n
1. distrust, mistrust, credibility gap, lack of confidence or trust; doubt, doubtfulness, dubitation, dubiety, dubiousness, dubiosity; disbelief, unbelief, incredulity, incredulousness; watchfulness, wariness, leeriness, shyness; hesitation, uncertainty, misgiving, qualm, question, second thought, funny feeling, Sl. bad vibes.
2. notion, idea, thought, feeling, gut feeling, Sl. sneaking suspicion or feeling, Inf. hunch; supposition, conjecture, guess, piece of guesswork, speculation, surmise; inference, deduction, conclusion.
3. suggestion, trace, soupcon, taste, flavor; inkling, hint, touch, tinge, shade, bit, sprinkling, dash, dab.

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  • suspicion — [ syspisjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIIe; lat. suspicio, de suspicere → soupçon ♦ Le fait de tenir pour suspect, de ne pas avoir confiance. ⇒ défiance, méfiance. Avoir de la suspicion à l égard de, contre qqn. Regard plein de suspicion. Littér. Tenir en… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • suspicion — sus·pi·cion n: the act or an instance of suspecting something: a mental state usu. short of belief in which one entertains a notion that something is wrong or that a fact exists without proof or on slight evidence see also reasonable suspicion… …   Law dictionary

  • suspicion — Suspicion. s. f. Soupçon, defiance. Il n a guere d usage qu en termes de pratique. Grande suspicion. juste suspicion. suspicion de fraude. suspicion de simonie. avoir suspicion. donner suspicion. entrer en suspicion …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Suspicion — or suspicions may refer to:In television:* Suspicion ( Stargate Atlantis ), an episode of the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis * Suspicions ( TNG episode), an episode of the sixth season of the science fiction television series …   Wikipedia

  • suspicion — ► NOUN 1) a feeling or belief that something is possible or probable or that someone is guilty of a crime or offence. 2) cautious distrust. 3) a very slight trace: a suspicion of a smile. ● above suspicion Cf. ↑above suspicion ● und …   English terms dictionary

  • suspicion — [sə spish′ən] n. [ME suspecion < Anglo Fr suspecioun < OFr sospeçon < LL suspectio, orig., a looking up to, esteeming, later with sense and sp. of L suspicio, suspicion < L suspectus, pp. of suspicere, to look up at, admire, look… …   English World dictionary

  • Suspicion — Sus*pi cion, n. [OE. suspecioun, OF. souspe[,c]on, F. soup[,c]on, L. suspectio a looking up to, an esteeming highly, suspicion, fr. suspicere to look up, to esteem, to mistrust. The modern form suspicion in English and French is in imitation of L …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Suspicion — ist der Originaltitel des Filmes Verdacht (Film) weiteres Suspicion (Fernsehserie) Siehe auch Under Suspicion Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • suspicion — late 13c., 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 (Cf. suspect)).… …   Etymology dictionary

  • suspicion — [n1] doubt bad vibes*, chariness, conjecture, cynicism, distrust, dubiety, dubiosity, funny feeling*, guess, guesswork, gut feeling*, hunch, idea, impression, incertitude, incredulity, jealousy, lack of confidence, misgiving, mistrust, nonbelief …   New thesaurus

  • Suspicion — Sus*pi cion, v. t. To view with suspicion; to suspect; to doubt. [Obs. or Low] South. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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