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as in lack of faith, conviction; questioning
as in lack confidence in; question

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doubts

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

Strong matches

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

Weak match

  • lack of confidence

verb as in lack confidence in; question

Strongest matches

  • distrust
  • hesitate
  • impugn
  • suspect

Strong matches

  • 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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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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