skeptical

skeptical
Synonyms and related words:
Humean, Pyrrhonic, agnostic, ambiguous, capricious, cautious, chancy, changeable, cynical, dicey, disbelieving, disinclined to believe, disposed to doubt, dissenting, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, dubious, equivocal, erratic, fickle, freethinking, from Missouri, guarded, hard of belief, hesitant, hesitating, impervious to persuasion, in doubt, incalculable, inconvincible, incredulous, indecisive, indemonstrable, irresolute, leery, mistrustful, mistrusting, polysemous, questioning, scrupulous, shy, shy of belief, skeptic, suspecting, suspicious, touch-and-go, unaccountable, unbelieving, uncertain, unconfirmable, unconvinced, unconvincible, uncredulous, undivinable, unforeseeable, unpersuadable, unpersuaded, unpersuasible, unpredictable, unprovable, unsure, untrusting, unverifiable, unwilling to accept, variable, wary, wavering, whimsical

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  • skeptical — [skep′ti kəl] adj. 1. of or characteristic of skeptics or skepticism 2. not easily persuaded or convinced; doubting; questioning 3. doubting the fundamental doctrines of religion skeptically adv …   English World dictionary

  • skeptical — 01. Even the most [skeptical] scientists now admit that global warming is a serious problem. 02. It was hard for Clara not to be [skeptical] when her new boyfriend promised to be faithful to her once she found out that he had cheated on all his… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • skeptical — skeptically, adv. skepticalness, n. /skep ti keuhl/, adj. 1. inclined to skepticism; having doubt: a skeptical young woman. 2. showing doubt: a skeptical smile. 3. denying or questioning the tenets of a religion: a skeptical approach to the… …   Universalium

  • skeptical — skep|ti|cal [ skeptıkl ] adjective * having doubts about something that other people think is true or right: DOUBTFUL: Harrison approved the plan, but Riley remained skeptical. skeptical about: I m very skeptical about the results of the survey …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Skeptical — Skeptic Skep tic, Skeptical Skep tic*al, a. [Written also sceptic, sceptical.] 1. Of or pertaining to a sceptic or skepticism; characterized by skepticism; hesitating to admit the certainly of doctrines or principles; doubting of everything.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • skeptical — adjective a) Having, or expressing doubt; questioning. My teacher was skeptical when I told her my dog ate my homework. b) Of, or related to skepticism or the skeptics. I can see why people are so skeptical [sic] about him, but I think hes on to… …   Wiktionary

  • skeptical — adjective Date: 1639 relating to, characteristic of, or marked by skepticism < a skeptical listener > • skeptically adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • skeptical — adj. AE; BE spelling: sceptical skeptical about, of …   Combinatory dictionary

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