What is the verb form of suspicious?

suspect. (transitive) To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof. (transitive) To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone). (transitive) To believe (someone) to be guilty.

Is suspicion a noun or verb?

suspicion noun – Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced American Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com.

Is Suspicious an adjective or verb?

suspicious adjective – Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com.

What is noun of suspect?

suspect. noun. noun. /ˈsʌspɛkt/ a person who is suspected of a crime or of having done something wrong a murder suspect He is the prime suspect in the case.

What is the abstract noun of suspicious?

Answer: the abstract noun form of adjective suspicious is suspiciousness.

What is the adverb of suspicion?

suspiciously. (manner) In a way suggesting suspicion. (manner) In a way that arouses suspicion. (evaluative) Causing suspicion.

Is suspicion a countable noun?

(countable & uncountable) A suspicion is a feeling that something, often bad, might be true. She had a growing suspicion that he had forgotten to lock his door. He was arrested on suspicion of murder. (countable & uncountable) Suspicion is a feeling of doubt.

What is the adverb of suspicious?

suspiciously adverb (DOUBT) in a way that makes you think that something is wrong: He looked at her suspiciously.

Is Suspicious an adverb?

What does suspect verb mean?

transitive verb. 1 : to imagine (one) to be guilty or culpable on slight evidence or without proof suspect him of giving false information. 2 : to have doubts of : distrust suspects her motives. 3 : to imagine to exist or be true, likely, or probable I suspect he’s right.

What is the noun of inform?

The abstract noun of ‘inform’ is ‘information’.

Is suspicion an abstract noun?

Is suspicion a verb?

I don’t recall ever hearing “suspicion” used as a verb. The conventional verb form is “suspect”. I see thefreedictionary.com lists it as a “nonstandard verb”. But that’s a very rare usage. Sure. Dictionaries cite it back to 1861, and it’s still in use.

What is the noun for suspicious?

Nouns for suspicious include suspect, suspecter, suspecters, suspection, suspections, suspectness, suspector, suspectors, suspects, suspicion, suspicions

Is I suspicion grammatically wrong?

Of course I suspicion sounds wrong. If we take as read that suspicion is a verb meaning suspect, then I suspicion is ungrammatical because suspect requires an object, so suspicion requires an object too. You cannot just suspect, you must suspect something, much like you can’t just hate, you must hate something. So you must suspicion something.

What is the meaning of being suspected?

The act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong. The condition of being suspected. Uncertainty, doubt. A trace, or slight indication. The imagining of something without evidence.