Doubt
WordNet
noun
(1) Uncertainty about the truth or factuality of existence of something
"The dubiousness of his claim"
"There is no question about the validity of the enterprise"
(2) The state of being unsure of something
verb
(3) Consider unlikely or have doubts about
"I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage"
(4) Lack confidence in or have doubts about
"I doubt these reports"
"I suspect her true motives"
"She distrusts her stepmother"
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Etymology
From douten from douter from douter, from dubitare. Replaced tweonien "to doubt" (from twēonian, cf twēo "doubt, duplicity").
Verb
- To lack confidence in; to disbelieve, question, or suspect.
- He doubted that was really what you meant.
Noun
- Uncertainty, disbelief.
- There was some doubt as to who the child's real father was.
Related terms
- benefit of the doubt
- beyond a shadow of a doubt
- beyond doubt
- beyond reasonable doubt
- doubtable
- doubter
- doubtful
- doubting Thomas
- doubtless
- no doubt
- reasonable doubt
- shadow of a doubt
- self-doubt
- undoubtedly
- without doubt