noun
- feelings or beliefs that someone has done something wrong or that something bad might happen, without having proof
Usage: plural of suspicion
Examples
- The teacher had suspicions that some students were cheating on the test.
- Her suspicions about her neighbor proved to be correct.
- The police investigated based on suspicions of fraud.
- I have my suspicions about who broke the window.
- His strange behavior aroused suspicions among his coworkers.
- She couldn’t shake her suspicions that something was wrong.
- The detective’s suspicions led to an important breakthrough in the case.