sus·pi·cion /səˈspɪʃən/
懷疑,猜疑,嫌疑
Sus·pi·cion, v. t. To view with suspicion; to suspect; to doubt. [Obs. or Low]
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Sus·pi·cion n.
1. 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.
Suspicions among thoughts are like bats among birds, they ever fly by twilight. --Bacon.
2. Slight degree; suggestion; hint. [Colloq.]
The features are mild but expressive, with just a suspicion . . . of saturnine or sarcastic humor. --A. W. Ward.
Syn: -- Jealousy; distrust; mistrust; diffidence; doubt.
suspicion
n 1: an impression that something might be the case; "he had an
intuition that something had gone wrong" [syn: intuition,
hunch]
2: doubt about someone's honesty [syn: misgiving, mistrust,
distrust]
3: the state of being suspected; "he tried to shield me from
suspicion"
4: being of a suspicious nature; "his suspiciousness destroyed
his marriage" [syn: suspiciousness]