doubt

Definition for doubt

noun as in lack of faith, conviction; questioning

Strongest matches

ambiguity, apprehension, confusion, difficulty, disbelief, distrust, fear, hesitation, misgiving, mistrust, problem, qualm, reluctance, skepticism, suspense, suspicion, uncertainty

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agnosticism, demurral, diffidence, dilemma, discredit, disquiet, dubiety, dubiousness, faithlessness, faltering, hesitancy, incertitude, incredulity, indecision, irresolution, perplexity, quandary, rejection, scruple, vacillation, wavering

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lack of confidence

verb as in lack confidence in; question

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distrust, hesitate, impugn, suspect

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challenge, demur, disbelieve, discredit, dispute, fear, fluctuate, imagine, insinuate, misgive, mistrust, query, scruple, surmise, vacillate, waver

Weak matches

be apprehensive of, be curious, be dubious, be in a quandary, be puzzled, be uncertain, be undetermined, call in question, give no credence, harbor suspicion, have qualms, misdoubt, not buy, read differently, shilly-shally, skepticize, smell a rat, take dim view of, wonder at

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By borrowing to spend, the chancellor and prime minister have shored up their immediate position in parliament and it appears to put to bed the shocking doubts about passing their budgets.

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