What (who) is doubt - definition

STATUS BETWEEN BELIEF AND DISBELIEF, INVOLVES UNCERTAINTY OR DISTRUST IN AN ALLEGED FACT, ACTION, MOTIVE, OR DECISION

Dubious; Doubting; Doubtable; Doubtful; Philosophical doubt; Nonbelief; Self-doubt; Doubts

Doubt

·vi Uncertainty of condition.

II. Doubt ·vi Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread.

III. Doubt ·vt To fill with fear; to Affright.

IV. Doubt ·vi Difficulty expressed or urged for solution; point unsettled; objection.

V. Doubt ·vi To Suspect; to Fear; to be apprehensive.

VI. Doubt ·vt To Suspect; to Fear; to be apprehensive of.

VII. Doubt ·vi 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.

VIII. Doubt ·vi 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.

IX. Doubt ·vt 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

I. v. n.

Hesitate, waver, be doubtful, be in suspense, withhold judgment, be undetermined, entertain doubts, be in a state of uncertainty, not know what to think.

(Rare.) Suspect, fancy, apprehend.

II. v. a.

Question, hesitate to believe, consider questionable, have doubts about.

Distrust, suspect, not confide in.

III. n.

Indecision, hesitation, hesitancy, irresolution, uncertainty, suspense, misgiving.

Suspicion, distrust, mistrust.

doubt

1) to raise (a) doubt (her proposal raised serious doubts in my mind)

2) to cast doubt on

3) to feel doubt; to entertain, harbor doubts about

4) to express, voice (a) doubt

5) to dispel, resolve a doubt

6) a deep, serious, strong; gnawing; lingering; reasonable; slight doubt

7) doubts appear, arise

8) a doubt about, of

9) a doubt that + clause (he expressed serious doubt that he could finish the job on time)

10) beyond (a shadow of) a doubt; without a doubt

11) in doubt (the result was never in serious doubt)

12) (misc.) to give smb. the benefit of the doubt; (colloq.) there is no doubt about it: she's the best USAGE NOTE: Some purists recommend that whether or the more informal if be used with the noun doubt, especially in the meaning 'uncertainty' --she expressed doubt (about/as to) whether they would finish on time ('she was not certain whether they would finish on time'). In the meaning of 'disbelief', the conjunction that is common --she expressed doubt that they would finish on time ('she did not believe that they would finish on time'). Note that in interrogative sentences the use of that prevails --is there any doubt that they will finish on time. In negative sentences the conjunction that must be used -- there is no doubt that they will finish on time.

1) to doubt strongly, very much

2) (L) I doubt that (if, whether) she will want to participate USAGE NOTE: see the Usage Note for doubtI. Thus, to express 'uncertainty', one can say-she doubted whether they would finish on time. To express 'disbelief, one can say-she doubted that they would finish on time. In negative sentences, only that is used-she doesn't doubt that they will finish on time.

Wikipedia

Doubt

Doubt is a mental state in which the mind remains suspended between two or more contradictory propositions, unable to be certain of any of them. Doubt on an emotional level is indecision between belief and disbelief. It may involve uncertainty, distrust or lack of conviction on certain facts, actions, motives, or decisions. Doubt can result in delaying or rejecting relevant action out of concern for mistakes or missed opportunities.

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