doubt
noun
- = uncertainty, confusion, hesitation, dilemma, scepticism, misgiving, suspense, indecision, bewilderment, lack of confidence, hesitancy, perplexity, vacillation, lack of conviction, irresolution, dubiety •
They were troubled and full of doubt.
opposites: confidence, belief, conviction, certainty - = suspicion, scepticism, distrust, questioning, fear, reservations, cynicism, disbelief, apprehension, mistrust, misgivings, disquiet, qualms, incredulity, lack of faith, misbelief •
Where there is doubt, may we bring faith.
opposites: trust, confidence, belief - = difficulty, problem, confusion, dilemma, ambiguity (informal), quandary, perplexity •
There is some doubt whether it will be any more effective.
verb
- = be uncertain, question, query, be sceptical, have reservations about, be dubious •
They doubted whether that could happen.
- = waver, hesitate, vacillate, sway, fluctuate, dither (mainly, British), haver, oscillate, chop and change, blow hot and cold (informal), keep changing your mind, shillyshally (informal), be irresolute or indecisive, swither (Scottish) •
Stop doubting and start loving.
- = disbelieve, question, challenge, suspect, dispute, query, distrust, mistrust, cast doubt on, have doubts about, lack confidence in, have misgivings about, misgive •
I have no reason to doubt his word.
opposites: believe, accept, trust, buy (slang), swallow (informal), take on board, have faith inSee in doubt
See no doubt
In affirmative sentences, whether was in the past the only word considered acceptable for linking the verb doubt to a following clause, for example I doubt whether he will come. Nowadays, doubt if and doubt that are both considered acceptable alternatives to doubt whether. In negative sentences, use that after doubt, for example I don't doubt that he is telling the truth. The old-fashioned form not doubt but that, as in I do not doubt but that he is telling the truth, is now rarely used and sounds very stiff and formal.
'doubt' in Other Languages
- British English: doubt
If you feel doubt or doubts about something, you feel uncertain about it.This raises doubts about the point of advertising.daʊt NOUN - Arabic: شَكّ
- Brazilian Portuguese: dúvida
- Chinese: 怀疑
- Croatian: sumnja
- Czech: pochybnost
- Danish: tvivl
- Dutch: twijfel
- European Spanish: duda
- Finnish: epäily
- French: doute
- German: Zweifel Zweifel
- Greek: αμφιβολία
- Italian: dubbio
- Japanese: 疑い
- Korean: 의심
- Norwegian: tvil
- Polish: wątpliwość
- Portuguese: dúvida
- Romanian: îndoiala îndoieli
- Russian: сомнение
- Spanish: duda
- Swedish: tvivel
- Thai: ความสงสัย
- Turkish: kuşku
- Ukrainian: сумнів
- Vietnamese: sự nghi ngờ
- British English: doubt If you doubt something, or if you doubt whether something is true or possible, you believe that it is probably not true, genuine, or possible.No one doubted his ability.daʊt VERB
- Arabic: يَرْتاَبُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: duvidar
- Chinese: 疑惑
- Croatian: sumnjati
- Czech: pochybovat zapochybovat
- Danish: tvivle
- Dutch: twijfelen
- European Spanish: dudar
- Finnish: epäilläei uskoa johonkin
- French: douter
- German: zweifeln
- Greek: αμφιβάλω
- Italian: dubitare
- Japanese: 疑う
- Korean: 의심하다
- Norwegian: tvile
- Polish: zwątpić wątpić
- Portuguese: duvidar
- Romanian: a se îndoi
- Russian: сомневаться
- Spanish: dudar
- Swedish: tvivla
- Thai: สงสัย
- Turkish: kuşku duymak
- Ukrainian: сумніватися засумніватися
- Vietnamese: nghi ngờ
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