Suspicion — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an impression that something might be the case

doubt about someone's honesty

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/səspˈɪʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/səspˈɪʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/səspˈɪʃən/

3 syllables Say it as /səspˈɪʃən/.

Examples

he had an intuition that something had gone wrong
he tried to shield me from suspicion
his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

distrust misgiving suspiciousness hunch mistrust intuition

Parts of Speech

noun	an impression that something might be the case “he had an intuition that something had gone wrong”
noun	doubt about someone's honesty
noun	the state of being suspected “he tried to shield me from suspicion”
noun	being of a suspicious nature “his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage”

Word Forms

intuit	verb	know or grasp by intuition or feeling
suspect	verb	imagine to be the case or true or probable
mistrust	verb	regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
distrust	verb	regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
suspicious	adjective	openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Verdacht

ein Eindruck, dass etwas der Fall sein könnte

🇫🇷French

soupçon

une impression que quelque chose pourrait être le cas

🇪🇸Spanish

sospecha

una impresión de que algo podría ser el caso

🇮🇹Italian

sospetto

l'impressione che qualcosa potrebbe essere il caso

🇳🇱Dutch

vermoeden

de indruk dat er iets aan de hand zou kunnen zijn

🇵🇹Portuguese

suspeita

uma impressão de que algo pode ser o caso

🇷🇺Russian

подозрение

впечатление, что что-то может быть так

India

🇮🇳Hindi

संदेह

ऐसा आभास कि कुछ मामला हो सकता है

🇧🇩Bengali

সন্দেহ

একটি ছাপ যে কিছু ক্ষেত্রে হতে পারে

🇮🇳Tamil

சந்தேகம்

ஏதாவது இருக்கலாம் என்ற எண்ணம்

🇮🇳Telugu

అనుమానం

ఏదో ఒక సందర్భంలో ఉండవచ్చు అనే అభిప్రాయం

🇮🇳Marathi

संशय

काहीतरी घडू शकते असा ठसा

🇮🇳Gujarati

શંકા

એક છાપ કે કંઈક કેસ હોઈ શકે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅನುಮಾನ

ಏನಾದರೂ ಆಗಿರಬಹುದು ಎಂಬ ಅನಿಸಿಕೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സംശയം

എന്തെങ്കിലും സംഭവിച്ചേക്കാമെന്ന ഒരു ധാരണ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸ਼ੱਕ

ਇੱਕ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵ ਕਿ ਕੁਝ ਅਜਿਹਾ ਹੋ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

شک

ایک تاثر کہ کچھ معاملہ ہو سکتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

怀疑

某种情况可能是这样的印象

🇯🇵Japanese

疑い

何かが当てはまるかもしれないという印象

🇰🇷Korean

의심

뭔가 그럴 수도 있다는 인상

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự nghi ngờ

một ấn tượng rằng một cái gì đó có thể là trường hợp

🇹🇭Thai

ความสงสัย

ความประทับใจว่าอาจมีบางอย่างเกิดขึ้น

🇮🇩Indonesian

kecurigaan

kesan bahwa sesuatu mungkin terjadi

🇵🇭Filipino

hinala

isang impresyon na maaaring may mangyari

🇲🇾Malay

syak wasangka

tanggapan bahawa sesuatu mungkin berlaku

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الشك

انطباع بأن شيئًا ما قد يكون كذلك

🇮🇷Persian

سوء ظن

این تصور که ممکن است چیزی باشد

🇹🇷Turkish

şüphe

bir şeyin olabileceğine dair bir izlenim

🇮🇱Hebrew

חֲשָׁד

רושם שאולי משהו קורה

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