doubting

4 definitions found

doubting - 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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  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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doubting - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  doubting
      adj 1: marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a
             skeptical listener" [syn: doubting, questioning,
             skeptical, sceptical]

doubting - 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