doubt

Speech parts

1. doubt - Noun

2. doubt - Verb

Meaning

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.

To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive.

To question or hold questionable; to withhold assent to; to hesitate to believe, or to be inclined not to believe; to withhold confidence from; to distrust; as, I have heard the story, but I doubt the truth of it.

To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive of.

To fill with fear; to affright.

A fluctuation of mind arising from defect of knowledge or evidence; uncertainty of judgment or mind; unsettled state of opinion concerning the reality of an event, or the truth of an assertion, etc.; hesitation.

Uncertainty of condition.

Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread.

Difficulty expressed or urged for solution; point unsettled; objection.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

question uncertainty skepticism distrust hesitation hesitate indecision scruple dubiety suspicion suspense vacillate dubiousness irresolution incertitude

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Antonyms

christianity nirvana Pitt creed support sense

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Hypernyms

suspect distrust mistrust disbelieve uncertainty discredit

Hyponyms

reservation skepticism distrust disbelief mistrust indecision

Phrases with the word

the benefit of the doubt without doubt beyond a shadow of a doubt I doubt it beyond a reason of a doubt beyond a shadow of doubt

Derivatives

doubting

Examples

the dubiousness of his claim Source: Internet

there is no question about the validity of the enterprise Source: Internet

I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage Source: Internet

I doubt these reports Source: Internet

I suspect her true motives Source: Internet

she distrusts her stepmother Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

doubly-faced doubly-linked Doubs doubt if doubt someone doubt whether