疑ぎ心しん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

A feeling of doubt or suspicion, often used in the set phrase 疑心暗鬼 (once you suspect something, everything looks suspicious).

疑ぎ心しん暗あん鬼きになって、彼かれの言こと葉ばを素す直なおに信しんじられなかった。
I became suspicious and couldn't take his words at face value.
彼かの女じょの態たい度どに疑ぎ心しんを抱いだいた。
I felt suspicion toward her attitude.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に疑ぎ心しんを抱いだくto harbor suspicion toward someone
彼かれは同どう僚りょうに疑ぎ心しんを抱いだくようになった。
He came to harbor suspicion toward his colleague.
疑ぎ心しんが募つのるfor suspicion to grow stronger
彼かの女じょの言げん動どうに疑ぎ心しんが募つのるばかりだった。
My suspicion about her behavior only kept growing.

Expressions

疑ぎ心しん暗あん鬼きsuspicion breeds suspicion; once you suspect, everything looks suspicious
疑ぎ心しん暗あん鬼きを生しょうずsuspicion begets monsters

Kanji

疑doubt, distrust, be suspicious
心heart, mind, spirit

Related words

疑ぎ惑わくN1
疑惑 is the more common word for suspicion or doubt, often used in news or formal contexts, while 疑心 is more literary and mainly appears in the idiom 疑心暗鬼.
疑うたがいN3
疑い is the everyday native Japanese word for doubt or suspicion, whereas 疑心 is a Sino-Japanese compound with a more formal, psychological nuance.

Opposites

信しん頼らいN3
信頼 means trust or confidence in someone, the opposite state of mind from 疑心, which is suspicion or doubt.

Don't confuse with

猜さい疑ぎ心しん
猜疑心 refers to a deep-seated, persistent distrust of others, while 疑心 is a more general term for a feeling of doubt or suspicion.

Written forms

疑ぎ心しんUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling; commonly used in compounds like 疑心暗鬼.
ギシンUsage2%

Etymology

Sino-Japanese compound of 疑 (doubt) and 心 (heart/mind). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally expresses a suspicious state of mind.