Thesaurus: doubt

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1. v. i. To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the negative or the affirmative proposition; to b e undetermined.
2. v. i. To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive.
3. v. t. To question or hold questionable; to withhold assent to; to hesitate to believe, or to be inclined not to believe; to withhold confidence from; to distrust; as, I have heard the story, but I doubt the truth of it.
4. v. t. To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive of.
5. v. t. To fill with fear; to affright.
6. v. i. A fluctuation of mind arising from defect of knowledge or evidence; uncertainty of judgment or mind; unsettled state of opinion concerning the reality of an event, or the truth of an assertion, etc.; hesitation.
7. v. i. Uncertainty of condition.
8. v. i. Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread.
9. v. i. Difficulty expressed or urged for solution; point unsettled; objection.
10. n. the state of being unsure of something
11. n. uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something
12. v. consider unlikely