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- [dout]
- /daʊt/
- /ˌʌnˈdaʊtɪŋ /
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dout]
- /daʊt/
Definitions of undoubting word
- verb with object undoubting to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe. 1
- verb with object undoubting to distrust. 1
- verb with object undoubting Archaic. to fear; be apprehensive about. 1
- verb without object undoubting to be uncertain about something; be undecided in opinion or belief. 1
- noun undoubting a feeling of uncertainty about the truth, reality, or nature of something. 1
- noun undoubting distrust. 1
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Origin of undoubting
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; (v.) Middle English douten < Anglo-French, Old French douter < Latin dubitāre to waver, hesitate, be uncertain (frequentative of OL dubāre), equivalent to dub- doubt + -it- frequentative suffix + -āre infinitive suffix; (noun) Middle English doute < Anglo-French, Old French, derivative of the v.
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Parts of speech for Undoubting
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
undoubting popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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adj undoubting
- believing — to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so: Only if one believes in something can one act purposefully.
- implicative — tending to implicate or imply; characterized by or involving implication.
- certain — If you are certain about something, you firmly believe it is true and have no doubt about it. If you are not certain about something, you do not have definite knowledge about it.
adjective undoubting
- doubtless — without doubt; certainly; surely; unquestionably.
- questionless — unquestionable; doubtless: a questionless fact.
Antonyms for undoubting
adj undoubting
- aporetic — Tending to doubt.
- apprehensive — Someone who is apprehensive is afraid that something bad may happen.
- butterflies — tremors in the stomach region due to nervousness
- cynical — If you describe someone as cynical, you mean they believe that people always act selfishly.
- freethinking — a person who forms opinions on the basis of reason, independent of authority or tradition, especially a person whose religious opinions differ from established belief.
adjective undoubting
- jealous — feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages (often followed by of): He was jealous of his rich brother.
- jellyfish — any of various marine coelenterates of a soft, gelatinous structure, especially one with an umbrellalike body and long, trailing tentacles; medusa.
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