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suspicion

noun

being of a suspicious nature

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Word Facts

Word length
9
Starts with
S
Ends with
N
Contains
US
Scrabble score
13
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

sə.ˈspɪ.ʃən

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. being of a suspicious nature

    “his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage”

noun

  1. doubt about someone's honesty

noun

  1. an impression that something might be the case

    “he had an intuition that something had gone wrong”

noun

  1. the state of being suspected

    “he tried to shield me from suspicion”

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Example Sentences

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

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