doubt
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1.6
- noun
- /daʊt/
:
duda
- Despite his achievements, she still had some doubt about his ability to lead.
- little doubt
- cast doubt
- leave no doubt
Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death.
- Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death.
- Let me repeat this, Your doubt only comes from your ego.
- So the point is she has a lot of doubt watching that.
- I can fit my hand around her doubt, but I can't get inside.
- And two, so then doubt sets in, fear sets in.
- And they wouldn't allow any thoughts of doubt to enter their mind.
- And what contributes to that doubt is discouragement.
- And then doubt starts to set in, right.
- They don't let the fear and doubt and uncertainty consume them.
- One more note about doubt before we we move on.
- It used to be, without a doubt, in television.
Examples
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Certainly there was no doubt in her mind that it could be achieved.
Fiction book (1990) -
The silent crowds were in no doubt what it was all about.
Academic text (2011) -
One more note about doubt before we we move on.
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Once you clear away the doubt, it will never happen for me.
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Is there any doubt in your heart?
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Not to let the voices of doubt shut you down too much.
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It's important you have no doubts.
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Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death.
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Faith is what replaces doubt in my dictionary.
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If you've got any doubts, I say call off this party.
Synonyms
296
4.0
Not being sure about what will happen or what to do
124
5.1
A feeling of doubt about an idea or claim when there is not enough proof
73
4.8
A feeling of doubt that makes you hesitate to agree
35
8.4
A feeling of doubt or unease about whether you are doing the right thing
27
5.9
A feeling of doubt or worry about whether something will turn out well
1
9.9
A feeling of doubt about whether something is true
1
7.8
A feeling of doubt or not trusting something
A feeling of not being sure about something
A feeling of doubt or uncertainty about something
A feeling of not being sure or confident about something
A feeling of doubt or low confidence
A state of not knowing what will happen
A feeling of not being sure about something
The fact that something may not be true or reliable
The quality of being doubtful about whether something is true
Antonyms
Idioms
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1.8
Shows that something is almost certainly true, often before saying something different
Compounds
A strong, worrying feeling that you are not sure you can trust someone or something
How Doubtful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Doubt comes from the old Latin verb dubitare, which means 'to be unsure', and it shares the same root as dubious. So a doubt is the feeling of not being sure or not fully convinced.