Meaning of 'suspicion'
Meaning of 'suspicion' (Webster Dictionary)
- The act of suspecting; the imagination or apprehension
of the existence of something (esp. something wrong or hurtful) without
proof, or upon very slight evidence, or upon no evidence.
- Slight degree; suggestion; hint. - To view with suspicion; to suspect; to doubt.
- Slight degree; suggestion; hint. - To view with suspicion; to suspect; to doubt.
Meaning of 'suspicion' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- an impression that something might be the case
- an impression that something might be the case
Example in sentence:
- he had an intuition that something had gone wrong
Meaning (2):
- the state of being suspected
- the state of being suspected
Example in sentence:
- he tried to shield me from suspicion
Meaning (3):
- being of a suspicious nature
- being of a suspicious nature
Example in sentence:
- his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage
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