Doubt(v. i.) A fluctuation of mind arising from defect of knowledge or evidence; uncertainty of judgment or mind; unsettled state of opinion concerning the reality of an event, or the truth of an assertion, etc.; hesitation.
Doubt(v. i.) Uncertainty of condition.
Doubt(v. i.) Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread.
Doubt(v. i.) Difficulty expressed or urged for solution; point unsettled; objection.
Doubt(v. i.) 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.
Doubt(v. i.) To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive.
Doubt(v. t.) To question or hold questionable; to withhold assent to; to hesitate to believe, or to be inclined not to believe; to withhold confidence from; to distrust; as, I have heard the story, but I doubt the truth of it.
Doubt(v. t.) To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive of.
Doubt(v. t.) To fill with fear; to affright.
Doubtful(a.) Not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating in belief; also used, metaphorically, of the body when its action is affected by such a state of mind; as, we are doubtful of a fact, or of the propriety of a measure.
Doubtful(a.) Admitting of doubt; not obvious, clear, or certain; questionable; not decided; not easy to be defined, classed, or named; as, a doubtful case, hue, claim, title, species, and the like.
Doubtful(a.) Characterized by ambiguity; dubious; as, a doubtful expression; a doubtful phrase.
Doubtful(a.) Of uncertain issue or event.
Doubtful(a.) Fearful; apprehensive; suspicious.
Doubtfully(adv.) In a doubtful manner.
Doubtfulness(n.) State of being doubtful.
Doubtfulness(n.) Uncertainty of meaning; ambiguity; indefiniteness.
Doubtfulness(n.) Uncertainty of event or issue.
Doubting(a.) That is uncertain; that distrusts or hesitates; having doubts.
Doubting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Doubt
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