regard with suspicion

regard with suspicion
index doubt (distrust), mistrust

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  • regard */*/*/ — I UK [rɪˈɡɑː(r)d] / US [rɪˈɡɑrd] verb [transitive] Word forms regard : present tense I/you/we/they regard he/she/it regards present participle regarding past tense regarded past participle regarded 1) [not usually progressive] to think of someone …   English dictionary

  • regard — re|gard1 [ rı gard ] verb transitive *** 1. ) not usually progressive to think of something or someone in a particular way: regard someone/something as something: The nuclear reactors, which were regarded as dangerously out of date, were replaced …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • regard — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 attention to/thought for sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ particular, special, specific ▪ scant ▪ They paid scant regard to my views. ▪ due …   Collocations dictionary

  • suspicion — noun 1 (C, U) a feeling that someone is probably guilty of doing something wrong or dishonest: have your suspicions (=think you probably know who did something wrong): I m not sure who took it, but I have my suspicions. | have a sneaking… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • regard — [[t]rɪgɑ͟ː(r)d[/t]] ♦♦ regards, regarding, regarded 1) VERB If you regard someone or something as being a particular thing or as having a particular quality, you believe that they are that thing or have that quality. [be V ed as n] He was… …   English dictionary

  • take with a grain of salt — regard with suspicion, not treat with seriousness, not accept as certain …   English contemporary dictionary

  • With one's favor — favor fa vor (f[=a] v[ e]r), n. [Written also favour.] [OF. favor, F. faveur, L. favor, fr. favere to be favorable, cf. Skr. bh[=a]vaya to further, foster, causative of bh[=u] to become, be. Cf. {Be}. In the phrase to curry favor, favor is prob.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • In favor with — favor fa vor (f[=a] v[ e]r), n. [Written also favour.] [OF. favor, F. faveur, L. favor, fr. favere to be favorable, cf. Skr. bh[=a]vaya to further, foster, causative of bh[=u] to become, be. Cf. {Be}. In the phrase to curry favor, favor is prob.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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