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doubt

doubt is a 5-letter English word with 13 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 13 senses

Definitions

  1. 1intransitive verb

    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. 2intransitive verb

    To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive.

  3. 3transitive verb

    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. 4transitive verb

    To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive of.

  5. 5transitive verb

    To fill with fear; to affright.

  6. 6intransitive verb

    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. 7intransitive verb

    Uncertainty of condition.

  8. 8intransitive verb

    Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread.

  9. 9intransitive verb

    Difficulty expressed or urged for solution; point unsettled; objection.

  10. 10noun

    uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something

    "the dubiousness of his claim"

    "there is no question about the validity of the enterprise"

    Synonyms

    doubtfulnessdubiousnessquestion
  11. 11noun

    the state of being unsure of something

    Synonyms

    doubtfulnessdubietydubiousnessincertitudeuncertainty
  12. 12verb

    consider unlikely or have doubts about

    "I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage"

  13. 13verb

    lack confidence in or have doubts about

    "I doubt these reports"

    "I suspect her true motives"

Synonyms

doubtfulnessdubiousnessquestiondubietyincertitudeuncertainty

Common word forms

doubtsdoubteddoubterdoubtfuldoubtingdoubtousdoubtabledoubtless

Words from these letters

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