suspicion
129
3.2
- noun
- /səˈspɪʃən/
:
sospecha
- At the center of this struggle, initially private and internal, lay a deep suspicion of the mind's operations.
- raise suspicions
- arouse suspicion
- reasonable suspicion
And he says a person's enemies look with suspicion and hatred on his friend.
- And he says a person's enemies look with suspicion and hatred on his friend.
- I'm learning their culture and no longer is being held in suspicion.
- But because they had their suspicions of him, he was on there like surveillance.
- Then Flying Squad came and arrested me on suspicion of which call it suspicious of conspiring to commit robberies.
- After a little time passes, then they may start raising suspicions about people you work with who may represent a threat to you.
- There was a year that went on, Yeah, where Mark wasn't nicked and put in jail on remand because of association, because of suspicion, because of conspiracies.
- But in space, the chain of suspicion can be very long.
- And to this day, a lot of suspicion surround, like where was Enzo?
- But every day, as you pointed out that the the ballot is delayed, the count is delayed, then there's more avenues for, you know, suspicion.
Examples
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Any departure from these patterns is viewed with suspicion; often it will be condemned as immoral.
Academic text (2011) -
But in my expert opinion, we ought to hold him on suspicion.
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On the other hand, I am still under suspicion for murder.
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The talks are complicated and fraught with suspicion on both sides.
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Our world at the moment is full of tensions and suspicions.
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Now, I'm pleased that the FBI cleared up any suspicion that you knew Eleanor Green before the election.
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In other words, the actions of both sides only deepened the sense of suspicion and hostility between them.
Academic text (2015) -
Even now, as more information is divulged, the web of suspicion spreads ever wider.
Academic text (1993) -
Even a slight sign of coolness, however, can raise the suspicion that the relationship has become adversarial.
Academic text (1990) -
The detective acted on suspicions that the suspect was hiding something important.
Antonyms
Compounds
How Suspected
- Formal
282
4.3
- Formal
933
4.2
- Formal
236
5.1
129
3.2
159
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Suspicion comes from a Latin root for 'to look' and is related to suspect, so when you fall under suspicion people 'look at' you as likely to have done something wrong.