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Word entry · 7 letters

suspect

Best crossword clue

"Doubtful person"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /səˈspɛkt/Part of speech verb, adjective, nounSorted cepsstuStarts with SEnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Think something may be true, or a person thought to have done wrong.

Word origin

From Old French suspect, from Latin suspectus, perfect passive participle of suspiciō (“mistrust, suspect”), from sub (“under”), + speciō (“watch, look at”).

Used in a sentence

  • to suspect the presence of disease
  • From her hand I could suspect no ill.
  • Mr. Campion appeared suitably impressed and she warmed to him. He was very easy to talk to with those long clown lines in his pale face, a natural goon, born rather too early she suspected.

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