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[ noun ] the state of being unsure of something
Synonyms Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)But questions with which committee_members taunted bankers appearing as witnesses left little doubt that they will recommend passage of_it . (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)In a long commentary which he has inserted in the published text of the first act of the play , he says at one point : `` However , that experience never raised a doubt in his mind as to the reality of the underworld or the existence of Lucifer 's many faced lieutenants . (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)Had the situation been reversed , had , for_instance , England been the enemy in 1898 because of issues of concern chiefly to New_England , there is little doubt that large_numbers of Southerners would have happily put_on their old Confederate uniforms to fight as allies of Britain . (James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)The nuclear dipole effects provide some information on the motions of the hydrogen nuclei , but the symmetry of the **f bond in **f remains in doubt . (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)Data on the former are scanty , but there can be little doubt that the latter is sometimes born at a length greater than that of any of the others , thereby lending support to the belief that the anaconda does , indeed , attain the greatest length . Related terms certainty cognitive_state incredulity indecision suspense misgiving mental_reservation |
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[ verb ] consider unlikely or have doubts about
Used in print (Alfred Wright, "A Duel Golfers Will Never Forget"...)Anyone who now doubted that a personal duel was under_way had only to watch how these exceptionally gifted golfers were playing this most difficult golf_course . (Peter Eldersveld, "Faith Amid Fear"...)I doubt that `` fear parties '' and `` group confessionals '' will help very_much . (Thomas B. Dewey, Hunter at Large....)Liz_Peabody , he thought , might spend some time grieving for her lost lover , but he doubted that she would launch an investigation . (Thomas Anderson, Here Comes Pete Now....)Though I doubted that he would understand me , I told the director my motives for applying . Related terms |
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[ noun ] uncertainty about the truth or factuality of existence of something
Synonyms Examples "the dubiousness of his claim" "there is no question about the validity of the enterprise" Used in print (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)There was never a doubt any_more how his structures would be received ; it was always the same unqualified success now . Related terms |
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[ verb ] consider unlikely or have doubts about
Examples "I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage" Used in print (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)He did n't doubt her truthfulness , although he had heard the words a_hundred_times . Related terms |
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[ verb ] lack confidence in or have doubts about
Examples "I doubt these reports" "I suspect her true motives" "she distrusts her stepmother" Used in print (Frances and Richard Lockridge, Murder Has...)Ambushes are laid by those who doubt themselves , as any man may against a tiger . Related terms |
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