- doubting, questioning, skeptical, sceptical - marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a skeptical listener"
Antonyms: trustful, trusting (indirect, via distrustful)
- 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