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. intransitive 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. intransitive verb. To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive.
3. transitive 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. transitive verb. To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive of.
5. transitive verb. To fill with fear; to affright.
6. intransitive 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. intransitive verb. Uncertainty of condition.
8. intransitive verb. Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread.
9. intransitive verb. Difficulty expressed or urged for solution; point unsettled; objection.
10. noun. 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: doubtfulness, dubiousness, question

11. noun. the state of being unsure of something

    Synonyms: doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty

12. verb. consider unlikely or have doubts about

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

13. verb. lack confidence in or have doubts about

    "I doubt these reports"

    "I suspect her true motives"

Synonyms

doubtfulness, dubiousness, question, dubiety, incertitude, uncertainty

Common word forms

doubts, doubted, doubter, doubtful, doubting, doubtous, doubtable, doubtless

Words from these letters

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