1. suspect - Noun
2. suspect - Adjective
3. suspect - Verb
4. suspect - Adjective Satellite
Suspicion.
Suspicious; inspiring distrust.
Suspected; distrusted.
One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime.
To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; -- commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease.
To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.
To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story.
To look up to; to respect.
To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI'm a kind of a paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy. J. D. Salinger
The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything. Oscar Wilde
This Universe never did make sense; I suspect that it was built on government contract. Robert A. Heinlein
Lock your door rather than suspect your neighbor. Lebanese Proverb
Gossipers always suspect that others are talking about them. Yoruba Proverb
Consider the facts seven times before you suspect someone. Japanese Proverb