ALL meanings of doubt
doubt
D d - verb with object doubt to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe. 1
- verb with object doubt to distrust. 1
- verb with object doubt Archaic. to fear; be apprehensive about. 1
- verb without object doubt to be uncertain about something; be undecided in opinion or belief. 1
- noun doubt a feeling of uncertainty about the truth, reality, or nature of something. 1
- abbreviation DOUBT distrust. 1
- noun doubt a state of affairs such as to occasion uncertainty. 1
- noun doubt Obsolete. fear; dread. 1
- idioms doubt beyond the shadow of a doubt, with certainty; definitely. Also, beyond a doubt, beyond doubt. 1
- idioms doubt in doubt, in a state of uncertainty or suspense: His appointment to the position is still in doubt. 1
- idioms doubt no doubt, probably. certainly: There is no doubt an element of truth in what you say. 1
- idioms doubt without doubt, unquestionably; certainly. 1
- noun doubt Doubt and doubtful may be followed by a subordinate clause beginning with that, whether, or if: I doubt that (or whether or if) the story is true. It is doubtful that (or whether or if) the story is true. There is some doubt that (or whether or if) the story is true. In negative or interrogative sentences, that almost always introduces the subordinate clause: I do not doubt that the story is true. Is it doubtful that the story is true? Is there any doubt that the story is true? The expressions doubt but and doubt but that occur in all varieties of standard speech and writing: I don't doubt but she is sincere. There is no doubt but that the charges will affect his career. Doubt but what occurs mainly in informal speech and writing: There is no doubt but what the rainy weather will hurt the crops. 1
- transitive verb doubt not believe 1
- noun doubt lack of confidence 1
- noun doubt uncertainty 1
- noun doubt lack of trust 1
- intransitive verb doubt be uncertain 1
- noun doubt A feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction. 1
- noun doubt Uncertainty, disbelief. 0
- verb doubt (Transitive Verb) VI To lack confidence in; to disbelieve, question, or suspect. 0
- verb doubt (archaic) To fear; to suspect. 0
- verb doubt (Obsolete (No longer in use)) To fear; to be apprehensive of. 0
- verb doubt (Obsolete (No longer in use)) To fill with fear; to affright. 0
- variable noun doubt If you have doubt or doubts about something, you feel uncertain about it and do not know whether it is true or possible. If you say you have no doubt about it, you mean that you are certain it is true. 0
- verb doubt If you doubt whether something is true or possible, you believe that it is probably not true or possible. 0
- verb doubt If you doubt something, you believe that it might not be true or genuine. 0
- verb doubt If you doubt someone or doubt their word, you think that they may not be telling the truth. 0
- noun doubt uncertainty about the truth, fact, or existence of something (esp in the phrases in doubt, without doubt, beyond a shadow of doubt, etc) 0
- noun doubt lack of belief in or conviction about something 0
- noun doubt an unresolved difficulty, point, etc 0
- noun doubt the methodical device, esp in the philosophy of Descartes, of identifying certain knowledge as the residue after rejecting any proposition which might, however improbably, be false 0
- noun doubt fear 0
- verb doubt to be inclined to disbelieve 0
- verb doubt to distrust or be suspicious of 0
- verb doubt to feel uncertainty or be undecided 0
- verb doubt to be inclined to believe 0
- verb doubt to fear 0
- intransitive verb doubt to be uncertain in opinion or belief; be undecided 0
- intransitive verb doubt to be inclined to disbelief 0
- intransitive verb doubt to hesitate 0
- verb transitive doubt to be uncertain about; question; feel distrust of 0
- verb transitive doubt to be inclined to disbelieve; be skeptical of 0
- verb transitive doubt to be fearful or suspicious of 0
- noun doubt a wavering of opinion or belief; lack of conviction; uncertainty 0
- noun doubt lack of trust or confidence 0
- noun doubt a condition of uncertainty 0
- noun doubt an unsettled point or matter; difficulty 0
- noun doubt apprehension or fear 0