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undoubting

undoubting

5.9
Completely sure and showing full trust in someone or something
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈdaʊtɪŋ/
translation icon : inquebrantable
  • The scientist was undoubting in his conclusions after years of research.

Examples

  • With an undoubting smile, she welcomed her friends into her home.

  • He had the look very young men tend to have in photographs—confident, undoubting, happily blind to the future.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Dawkins' transformation into an aggressive proselytizer for his undoubting and absolutist version of atheism confirms this conclusion.

    Blog text (30)
  • Her undoubting belief in herself helped her achieve her goals.

Synonyms

feeling confident
vsundoubting
46 3.0

Being sure you can do something well

is total lack of doubt rather than just belief in personal skill
unwavering
vsundoubting
22 5.8

Being firm in belief or support that does not change

is full confidence emphasising no present doubt rather than long term steadiness
self-confident
vsundoubting
11 3.2

Feeling sure about your own abilities and worth

is confidence defined by absence of any doubt rather than ability focus
unshakable
vsundoubting
  • US
8 4.8

Very strong belief or feeling that cannot be changed

is complete confidence focused on absence of doubt more than immovability
unquestioning
vsundoubting
4 4.7

Accepting what someone says without any doubt

is internal certainty rather than passive acceptance of an idea
never in doubt
vsundoubting
1 6.8

Being completely sure about something even when you are wrong

is steady confidence based on lack of any doubt rather than error
positutely sure
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  • Informal
9.8

Completely certain that something is true

is full confidence that may not claim absolute certainty
assured
vsundoubting
4.1

Confident and steady in voice or movement

is complete lack of doubt rather than simply outward assurance

Antonyms

1 4.4

Feeling not sure that something is true or correct

How Confident

undoubting
5.9
assured
4.1
confident
715 2.5
hopeful
189 1.8

Surface Forms

undoubting positive

Morphology

undoubting = doubting (transparent) = un + doubt + ing

Formed by negation prefix 'un-' attached to 'doubting' (doubt + -ing); meaning 'not doubting' is directly predictable.

Etymology

The word undoubting starts with un- meaning 'not' and the part doubt meaning 'to be unsure', so undoubting describes someone who is 'not unsure' and completely confident.