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  1. 1. n. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Slight degree; suggestion; hint. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To view with suspicion; to suspect; to doubt. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. an impression that something might be the case Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. doubt about someone's honesty Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. the state of being suspected Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. being of a suspicious nature Source: wordnet
  8. 8. 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. To view with suspicion; to suspect; to doubt. [Obs. or Low] South. Source: webster
  9. 9. To view with suspicion; to suspect; to doubt. [Obs. or Low]South. Source: adambom
  10. 10. n:100 n. the state of being suspected n. being of a suspicious nature Source: ecdict

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