suspicion
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suspicion
- /səˈspɪʃ.ən/
Rhymes with -ɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Middle English suspecioun, borrowed from Latin suspīciō, suspīciōnem, from suspicere, from sub- (“up to”) with specere (“to look at”). Perhaps partly through the influence of Old French sospeçon (or rather the Anglo-Norman form suspecioun). Equivalent to suspect + -ion.
noun suspicions · suspition · 'spicion
- The act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong. […]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,
- The condition of being suspected.
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Uncertainty, doubt.
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
Similar: sniff
- A trace, or slight indication. a suspicion of a smile
- The imagining of something without evidence.
Similar: inkling
verb suspicions · suspicioning · suspicioned · suspition · 'spicion
- To suspect; to have suspicions. “Well, what’s more dangerous than coming here in the day time!—anybody would suspicion us that saw us.”
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: suspiciousness, mistrust, distrust, misgiving, intuition, hunch, suspect, suspicious, suspected, doubt, uncertainty, incredulity, disbelief, skepticism, scepticism, defiance
noun
Similar: inkling
Translations
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noun act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong
| Español | sospecha, suspicacia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 의혹 uihok, 의심 uisim |
| 日本語 | 疑い utagai, 嫌疑 kengi, 疑心 gishin |
| 中文 | 嫌疑 xiányí, 懷疑 /怀疑 huáiyí |
| हिन्दी | शक śak, संदेह sandeh, गुमान gumān, शुबहा śubhā |
| Português | suspeita, suspeição |
| Français | suspicion, soupçon |
| Deutsch | Verdacht, Argwohn |
| Italiano | sospetto |
| Ελληνικά | υπόνοια ypónoia |
| Română | suspiciune |
| Русский | подозре́ние podozrénije |
| Tiếng Việt | sự nghi ngờ |
| العربية | اِتِّهَام ittihām, شَكّ šakk, شُبْهَة šubha, اِرْتِيَاب irtiyāb, رَيْبَة rayba, رَيْب rayb |
noun condition of being suspected
| 日本語 | 疑い utagai, 容疑 yōgi |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 嫌疑 xiányí |
| Deutsch | Verdacht |
| Русский | подозре́ние podozrénije |
| العربية | اِتِّهَام ittihām |
noun imagining without evidence
| 日本語 | 疑い utagai |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Verdächtigung |
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@misc{suspicion_2026,
title = {suspicion},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/suspicion},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
