doubting

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

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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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