English noun: suspicion |
1. | suspicion (cognition) an impression that something might be the case |
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| Samples | He had an intuition that something had gone wrong.
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| Synonyms | hunch, intuition |
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| Broader (hypernym) | belief, feeling, impression, notion, opinion |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bosom, heart |
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2. | suspicion (cognition) doubt about someone's honesty |
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| Synonyms | distrust, misgiving, mistrust |
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| Broader (hypernym) | doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty |
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3. | suspicion (state) the state of being suspected |
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| Samples | He tried to shield me from suspicion.
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| Broader (hypernym) | antagonism, enmity, hostility |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cloud |
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4. | suspicion (attribute) being of a suspicious nature |
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| Samples | His suspiciousness destroyed his marriage.
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| Synonyms | suspiciousness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | distrust, distrustfulness, mistrust |
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