- doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness - the state of being unsure of something
--1 is a kind of cognitive state, state of mind
--1 has particulars:mental reservation, reservation, arriere pensee; misgiving, mistrust, distrust, suspicion; incredulity, disbelief, skepticism, mental rejection; indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution; suspense Derived form: verb doubt1 - doubt, dubiousness, doubtfulness, question - 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 is a kind of uncertainty, uncertainness
Derived form: verb doubt2
- doubt - consider unlikely or have doubts about; "I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage"
--1 is one way to disbelieve, discredit
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun doubt1, noun doubter2, noun doubter1
They doubt that there was a traffic accident
They doubt whether there was a traffic accident
- doubt - lack confidence in or have doubts about; "I doubt these reports"; "I suspect her true motives"; "she distrusts her stepmother"
--2 is one way to distrust, mistrust, suspect
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun doubt2
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody