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[syn: doubting, questioning, skeptical, sceptical]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Doubting \Doubt"ing\, a.
That is uncertain; that distrusts or hesitates; having
doubts. -- Doubt"ing*ly, adv.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Doubt \Doubt\ (dout), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Doubted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Doubting.] [OE. duten, douten, OF. duter, doter,
douter, F. douter, fr. L. dubitare; akin to dubius doubtful.
See Dubious.]
1. To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as
to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to
be undecided as to the truth of the negative or the
affirmative proposition; to b e undetermined.
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Even in matters divine, concerning some things, we
may lawfully doubt, and suspend our judgment.
--Hooker.
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To try your love and make you doubt of mine.
--Dryden.
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2. To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive. [Obs.]
Syn: To waver; vacillate; fluctuate; hesitate; demur;
scruple; question.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
doubting
adj 1: marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a
skeptical listener" [syn: doubting, questioning,
skeptical, sceptical]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "doubting":
Pyrrhonic, agnostic, ambiguous, capricious, chancy, changeable,
dicey, distrustful, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, erratic, fickle,
from Missouri, hesitant, hesitating, in doubt, incalculable,
indecisive, indemonstrable, irresolute, leery, mistrustful,
mistrusting, polysemous, questioning, scrupulous, shy, skeptical,
suspecting, suspicious, touch-and-go, unaccountable, uncertain,
unconfirmable, unconvinced, undivinable, unforeseeable,
unpersuaded, unpredictable, unprovable, unsure, untrusting,
unverifiable, variable, wary, wavering, whimsical