Word Meanings - DOUBT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

duten, douten, OF. duter, doter, douter, F. douter, fr. L. dubitare; 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

Additional info about word: DOUBT

duten, douten, OF. duter, doter, douter, F. douter, fr. L. dubitare; 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. Even in matters divine, concerning some things, we may lawfully doubt, and suspend our judgment. Hooker. To try your love and make you doubt of mine. Dryden. 2. To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive. Syn. -- To waver; vacillate; fluctuate; hesitate; demur; scruple; question.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DOUBT)

• Demur
• Dubitate
• hesitate
• halt
• pause
• doubt
• scruple
• object
• Dilemma
• Fix
• hobble
• quandary
• difficulty
• scrape
• Hesitate
• waver
• demur
• falter
• stammer
• Indiscrimination
• Indistinctness
• indistinction
• uncertainty
• confusion
• promiscuousness
• Quandary
• Hobble
• puzzle
• perplexity
• bewilderment
• dubitation
• baiting
• dilemma
• embarrassment

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DOUBT)

• Decide
• determine
• resolve
• assent
• Enlighten
• instruct
• illumine
• Lubricate
• polish
• levigate
• dig
• indent
• wound

Related words: (words related to DOUBT)

• PUZZLEMENT
  The state of being puzzled; perplexity. Miss Mitford.
• DEMURE
  good manners); de of + murs, mours, meurs, mors, F. m, fr. L. mores manners, morals ; or more prob. fr. OF. meür, F. mûr mature, ripe in a phrase preceded by de, as de 1. Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest
• PUZZLE
  1. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making. 2. The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.
• FALTER
  To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley. Halliwell.
• OBJECTIVENESS
  Objectivity. Is there such a motion or objectiveness of external bodies, which produceth light Sir M. Hale
• ASSENTATORY
  Flattering; obsequious. -- As*sent"a*to*ri*ly, adv.
• DILEMMA
  An argument which presents an antagonist with two or more alternatives, but is equally conclusive against him, whichever alternative he chooses. Note: The following are instances of the dilemma. A young rhetorician applied to an old sophist to be
• PUZZLEDOM
  The domain of puzzles; puzzles, collectively. C. Kingsley.
• INSTRUCTRESS
  A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson.
• ASSENTER
  One who assents.
• ILLUMINER
  One who, or that which, illuminates.
• WAVERER
  One who wavers; one who is unsettled in doctrine, faith, opinion, or the like. Shak.
• POLISHMENT
  The act of polishing, or the state of being polished.
• OBJECTIST
  One who adheres to, or is skilled in, the objective philosophy. Ed. Rev.
• SCRUPLE
  twenty-fourth part of an ounce, a scruple, uneasiness, doubt, dim. of scrupus a rough or sharp stone, anxiety, uneasiness; perh. akin to 1. A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram. 2. Hence, a very small quantity; a particle. I will
• INDISTINCTION
  Want of distinction or distinguishableness; confusion; uncertainty; indiscrimination. The indistinction of many of the same name . . . hath made some doubt. Sir T. Browne. An indistinction of all persons, or equality of all orders, is far from being
• STAMMERING
  Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering. -- Stam"mer*ing*ly, adv.
• DOUBTFULLY
  In a doubtful manner. Nor did the goddess doubtfully declare. Dryden.
• DUBITATION
  Act of doubting; doubt. Sir T. Scott.
• DECIDER
  One who decides.
• PREINSTRUCT
  To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More.
• REDOUBTABLE
  Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero;
• REPOLISH
  To polish again.