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Word Meanings - SUSPICION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

suspectio a looking up to, an esteeming highly, suspicion, fr. suspicere to look up, to esteem, to mistrust. The modern form suspicion in English and French is in imitation of L. suspicio 1. The act of suspecting; the imagination or apprehension

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suspectio a looking up to, an esteeming highly, suspicion, fr. suspicere to look up, to esteem, to mistrust. The modern form suspicion in English and French is in imitation of L. suspicio 1. The act of suspecting; the imagination or apprehension of the existence of something 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. The features are mild but expressive, with just a suspicion . . . of saturnine or sarcastic humor. A. W. Ward. Syn. -- Jealousy; distrust; mistrust; diffidence; doubt.

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  • RESERVE
    1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose. "I have reserved to myself nothing." Shak. 2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain. Gen.
  • DUBIOUSNESS
    State of being dubious.
  • ASSENTATORY
    Flattering; obsequious. -- As*sent"a*to*ri*ly, adv.
  • HESITATION
    1. The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation. 2. A faltering in speech; stammering. Swift.
  • ASSENTER
    One who assents.
  • DISTRUSTLESS
    Free from distrust. Shenstone.
  • SCRUPLE
    twenty-fourth part of an ounce, a scruple, uneasiness, doubt, dim. of scrupus a rough or sharp stone, anxiety, uneasiness; perh. akin to 1. A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram. 2. Hence, a very small quantity; a particle. I will
  • CHARYBDIS
    A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla.
  • SHRINKINGLY
    In a shrinking manner.
  • GRUDGINGLY
    In a grudging manner.
  • MODESTLY
    In a modest manner.
  • GRUDGEONS; GURGEONS
    Coarse meal.
  • DOUBTFULLY
    In a doubtful manner. Nor did the goddess doubtfully declare. Dryden.
  • DUBITATION
    Act of doubting; doubt. Sir T. Scott.
  • DECIDER
    One who decides.
  • DECIDEMENT
    Means of forming a decision. Beau. & Fl.
  • SOLICITUDE
    The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire good; anxiety. The many cares and great labors of worldly men, their solicitude and outward shows. Sir W. Raleigh. The mother looked at her with fond solicitude.
  • UNCERTAINTY
    1. The quality or state of being uncertain. 2. That which is uncertain; something unknown. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. L'Estrange.
  • RESOLVENT
    Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent.
  • MODESTY
    1. The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respecting one's own merit. 2. Natural delicacy
  • REDOUBTABLE
    Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero;
  • UNBASHFUL
    Not bashful or modest; bold; impudent; shameless. Shak.
  • FATIMITE; FATIMIDE
    Descended from Fatima, the daughter and only child of Mohammed. -- n.

 

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