HOW TO PRONOUNCE
suspicion
/səˈspɪʃən/
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What does suspicion mean?
noun
- The act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong.
- The condition of being suspected.
- Uncertainty, doubt.
More meanings (3)
noun
- A trace, or slight indication.
- The imagining of something without evidence.
verb
- To suspect; to have suspicions.
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IPA pronunciation
/səˈspɪʃən/
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We spoke in low whispers, but, as that is only what courtesy demands in a public sleeping place, we roused no suspicion.
On being charged with the fact, the poor girl confirmed the suspicion in a great measure by her extreme confusion of manner.
More book examples (3)
There was, indeed, so deep a blush over Fanny’s face at that moment as might warrant strong suspicion in a predisposed mind.
“I cannot touch your iron chest or your will. I must refuse to do anything that might lay me open to suspicion.”
But it did not seem likely that she would do so for some time at least, unless she was led by suspicion.