suspicion
noun
[ səˈspɪʃ(ə)n ]
• a feeling or thought that something is possible, likely, or true.
• "she had a sneaking suspicion that he was laughing at her"
Similar:
intuition,
feeling,
impression,
inkling,
surmise,
guess,
conjecture,
speculation,
hunch,
fancy,
notion,
supposition,
view,
belief,
idea,
conclusion,
theory,
thesis,
hypothesis,
presentiment,
premonition,
gut feeling,
feeling in one's bones,
funny feeling,
sixth sense,
• cautious distrust.
• "her activities were regarded with suspicion by the headmistress"
Similar:
misgiving,
doubt,
qualm,
wariness,
chariness,
reservation,
hesitation,
scepticism,
lack of faith,
uncertainty,
question,
question mark,
leeriness,
distrust,
mistrust,
• a very slight trace.
• "a suspicion of a smile"
Similar:
trace,
touch,
suggestion,
hint,
soupçon,
tinge,
shade,
whisper,
whiff,
bit,
trifle,
drop,
dash,
tincture,
sprinkling,
breath,
taste,
scent,
shadow,
glimmer,
scintilla,
speck,
smack,
jot,
mite,
iota,
tittle,
whit,
Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French suspeciun, from medieval Latin suspectio(n- ), from suspicere ‘mistrust’. The change in the second syllable was due to association with Old French suspicion (from Latin suspicio(n- ) ‘suspicion’).
under suspicion
• thought to be guilty of wrongdoing.
