'Doubting' definitions:
Definition of 'doubting'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a skeptical listener" [syn: doubting, questioning, skeptical, sceptical]
Definition of 'Doubting'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Even in matters divine, concerning some things, we may lawfully doubt, and suspend our judgment. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- To try your love and make you doubt of mine. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive. [Obs.]
- Syn: To waver; vacillate; fluctuate; hesitate; demur; scruple; question. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Doubting'
From: GCIDE
- Doubting \Doubt"ing\, a. That is uncertain; that distrusts or hesitates; having doubts. -- {Doubt"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'doubting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Pyrrhonic,
- 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