1. (

• intuition ,
• hunch ,
• suspicion ,

) an impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong" ;

2. (

• misgiving ,
• mistrust ,
• distrust ,
• suspicion

) doubt about someone's honesty ;

3. (

• suspicion

) the state of being suspected; "he tried to shield me from suspicion" ;

4. (

• suspicion ,
• suspiciousness

) being of a suspicious nature; "his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage" ;