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1doubt — I (indecision) noun ambiguity, anxiety, apprehension, apprehensiveness, confusion, dubitatio, dubito, faltering, feeling of uncertainty, hesitancy, improbability, inability to decide, incertitude, indefiniteness, indeterminateness,… …
2doubt — n *uncertainty, skepticism, suspicion, mistrust, dubiety, dubiosity Analogous words: dubiousness, doubtfulness, questionableness (see corresponding adjectives at DOUBTFUL): incredulity, *unbelief, disbelief Antonyms: certitude: confidence… …
3doubt — /daʊt / (say dowt) verb (t) 1. to be uncertain in opinion about; hold questionable; hesitate to believe. 2. to distrust. 3. Archaic to fear; suspect. –verb (i) 4. to feel uncertainty as to something; be undecided in opinion or belief. –noun 5.… …
4doubt if, doubt whether, doubt that — Both doubt and doubtful are often followed by clauses introduced by if, whether, and that. A choice among the three depends upon the kind of sentence involved. That is used when a negative or interrogative idea is involved: There is little doubt… …
5uncertainty — uncertainty, doubt, dubiety, dubiosity, skepticism, suspicion, mistrust can all mean a feeling of unsureness about someone or something. Uncertainty stresses the lack of certainty or certitude that may range from a mere falling short of these to… …
6Doubt — Doubt, n. [OE. dute, doute, F. doute, fr. douter to doubt. See {Doubt}, v. i.] 1. 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,… …
7uncertainty — [un sʉrt′ ntē] n. [ME uncerteynte] 1. lack of certainty; doubt 2. pl. uncertainties something uncertain SYN. UNCERTAINTY ranges in implication from a mere lack of absolute sureness [uncertainty about a date of birth ] to such vagueness as to… …
8Doubt is Their Product — Doubt Is Their Product: How Industry s Assault on Science Threatens Your Health   …
9doubt — [dout] vi. [ME douten < OFr douter < L dubitare, to waver in opinion < dubius, DUBIOUS; b reintroduced, after L, in 16th c.] 1. to be uncertain in opinion or belief; be undecided 2. to be inclined to disbelief 3. Archaic to hesitate vt.… …
10Doubt — • A state in which the mind is suspended between two contradictory propositions and unable to assent to either of them Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Doubt Doubt …
