'Suspecting' definitions:
Definition of 'Suspecting'
From: GCIDE
- Suspect \Sus*pect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suspected; p. pr. & vb. n. Suspecting.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little; and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- From her hand I could suspect no ill. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To look up to; to respect. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To mistrust; distrust; surmise; doubt. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'suspecting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agnostic,
- cagey,
- cautious,
- chary,
- disinclined to believe,
- disposed to doubt,
- distrustful,
- doubtful,
- doubting,
- dubious,
- from Missouri,
- guarded,
- hard of belief,
- impervious to persuasion,
- in doubt,
- inconvincible,
- incredulous,
- leery,
- mistrustful,
- mistrusting,
- Pyrrhonic,
- questioning,
- scrupulous,
- shy,
- shy of belief,
- skeptical,
- suspicious,
- uncertain,
- unconvincible,
- uncredulous,
- unpersuadable,
- unpersuasible,
- untrusting,
- unwilling to accept,
- wary