suspicion

English

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

suspicion (plural suspicions)

1. The act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong.
2. The condition of being suspected.
3. Uncertainty, doubt.
4. A trace, or slight indication.

   a suspicion of a smile

5. The imagining of something without evidence.

Derived terms

• suspicious
• suspect
• sneaking suspicion

Translations

act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong

Arabic: اتهام (ar) (ittihaam) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 嫌疑 (zh) (xiányí), 懷疑 (zh), 怀疑 (zh) (huáiyí) Czech: podezření (cs) n. Dutch: verdenking (nl) f. Finnish: epäily (fi) French: suspicion (fr) f.

German: Verdacht (de) m., Argwohn (de) m. Greek: υπόνοια (el) (ypόnoia) f. Hungarian: gyanú (hu) Japanese: 疑い (ja) (うたがい, utagai) Russian: подозрение (ru) (podozrénije) n. Scottish Gaelic: amharas (gd) m. Vietnamese: sự nghi ngờ (vi)

condition of being suspected

Arabic: اتهام (ar) (ittihaam) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 嫌疑 (zh) (xiányí) Finnish: epäilyksenalaisuus, epäily

German: Verdacht (de) m. Japanese: (general) 疑い (ja) (うたがい, utagai); (formal) 容疑 (ja) (ようぎ, yōgi) Russian: подозрение (ru) (podozrénije) n.

uncertainty, doubt

Finnish: epäilys (fi) German: Verdacht (de) m., Argwohn (de) m. Japanese: (general) 疑い (ja) (うたがい, utagai); (formal) 疑惑 (ja) (ぎわく, giwaku)

Scottish Gaelic: amharas (gd) m. Zazaki: guman m.

slight indication

Finnish: häivähdys, häivä German: Verdacht (de) m.

Japanese: 疑い (ja) (うたがい, utagai)

imagining without evidence

Finnish: epäluulo (fi) German: Verdächtigung (de) f.

Japanese: 疑い (ja) (うたがい, utagai)

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Arabic: اشتباه (ištibá:h) Dutch: verdenking French: soupçon Italian: sospetto Korean: 의심 (euisim) Polish: podejrzliwość f., podejrzenie n. Portuguese: suspeita f. Spanish: sospecha f. Swedish: misstanke Telugu: అనుమానం (anumaanaM)