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Adjective questioning has 3 senses
  1. questioning, quizzical - perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know); "he had a quizzical expression"
    Antonym: unperplexed (indirect, via perplexed)
  2. doubting, questioning, skeptical, sceptical - marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a skeptical listener"
    Antonyms: trustful, trusting (indirect, via distrustful)
  3. inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering - showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow"
    Antonym: incurious (indirect, via curious)
,Noun questioning has 1 sense
  1. questioning, inquiring - a request for information
    --1 is a kind of request, asking
    --1 has particulars:
     challenge; question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation; interrogation, examination, interrogatory
    Derived forms: verb question2, verb question3
,Verb question has 5 senses
  1. question, oppugn, call into question - challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; "We must question your judgment in this matter"
    --1 is one way to challenge
    Derived form: noun question4
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
  2. interrogate, question - pose a series of questions to; "The suspect was questioned by the police"; "We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion"
    --2 is one way to ask
    Derived forms: noun question3, noun question1, noun questioning1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  3. question, query - pose a question
    --3 is one way to ask
    Derived forms: noun question3, noun question1, noun questioner1, noun questioning1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
  4. interview, question - conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
    --4 is one way to converse, discourse
    Derived form: noun question1
    Sample sentence:
    Sam cannot question Sue
  5. wonder, question - place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight"
    --5 is one way to chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
    Derived form: noun question4
    Sample sentence:
    They question whether there was a traffic accident
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