Definition of Suspicions

1. Noun. (plural of suspicion) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Suspicions

1. suspicion [v] - See also: suspicion

Lexicographical Neighbors of Suspicions

suspensive
suspensively
suspensiveness
suspensor
suspensories
suspensors
suspensory
suspensory bandage
suspensory ligament
suspensory ligaments
suspicable
suspicion
suspicioned
suspicioning
suspicionless
suspicions (current term)
suspicious
suspiciously
suspiciousness
suspiral
suspirals
suspiration
suspirations
suspire
suspired
suspires
suspiring
suspition
suss
suss law

Literary usage of Suspicions

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1853)
"... and that she will still find the affection of her husband rising towards her in proportion as his doubts and suspicions vanish: For, as we have seen all ..."

2. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain by William Hickling Prescott (1883)
"Not that, after all, this was unattended with suspicions of foul play in the ... But suspicions were not proof. " The secret was too well guarded for any ..."

3. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"In love these vices are ; suspicions, Peace, war, and impudence, detractions, Dreams, cares, and errors, terrors and affrights, Immodest pranks, devices, ..."

4. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"In love these vices are ; suspicions, Peace, war, and impudence, detractions, Dreams, cares, and errors, terrors and affrights, Immodest pranks, devices, ..."

5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"... tolerance shown by Charles to the catholics, in defiance of his promise made to the last parliament, which roused Eliot's suspicions of his government. ..."

6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"... and to satisfy his anxious suspicions by the promiscuous execution of the innocent and the guilty. ..."

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