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   doubt

   /daʊt/

   noun

   • 1. a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction: "some doubt has been cast upon the authenticity of this account" Similar uncertaintylack of certaintyunsurenessindecisionhesitationhesitancydubiousnesssuspicionconfusionquestion markqueriesquestionsrare:dubietyincertitudeindecisionhesitationdiffidenceuncertaintyinsecurityinhibitionuneaseuneasinessapprehensionhesitancywaveringvacillationirresolutionlack of convictiondemurralscepticismdistrustmistrustlack of trustdoubtfulnesssuspicioncynicismdisbeliefincredulityunbeliefmisbelieflack of confidence/convictionuneasinessapprehensionwarinesscharinessquestioningreservationsmisgivingssuspicionsqualmsinformal:leerinessformal:dubietyOpposite certaintyconvictionconfidencetrust

   verb

   • 1. feel uncertain about: "I doubt my ability to do the job"
   • ▪ question the truth or fact of (something): "who can doubt the value and necessity of these services?" Similar think something unlikelyhave (one's) doubts aboutquestionquerybe dubiouslack convictionhave reservations aboutOpposite be confident
   • ▪ disbelieve or lack faith in (someone): "I have no reason to doubt him" Similar disbelievedistrustmistrustsuspectlack confidence inhave doubts aboutbe suspicious ofhave suspicions abouthave misgivings aboutfeel uneasy aboutfeel apprehensive aboutcall into questioncast doubt onqueryquestionchallengedisputehave reservations aboutarchaic:misdoubtOpposite trust
   • ▪ feel uncertain, especially about one's religious beliefs. Similar be undecidedhave doubtsbe irresolutebe hesitantbe tentativebe ambivalentbe dividedbe doubtfulbe unsurebe uncertainbe in two mindshesitateshilly-shallywaverfaltervacillateditherdemurinformal:sit on the fenceOpposite believe
   • 2. fear; be afraid: archaic "I doubt not any ones contradicting this Journal"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French doute (noun), douter (verb), from Latin dubitare ‘hesitate’, from dubius ‘doubtful’ (see dubious).

   Derivatives

   • 1. doubtable adjective

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   • Stop doubting and start loving. I have no reason to doubt his word. In affirmative sentences, whether was in the past the only word considered acceptable for linking the verb doubt to a following clause, for example I doubt whether he will come. Nowadays, doubt if and doubt that are both considered acceptable alternatives to doubt whether.

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