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- DictionaryDoubt/dout/
noun
- 1. a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction: "some doubt has been cast upon the authenticity of this account"
verb
- 1. feel uncertain about: "I doubt my ability to do the job"
- 2. fear; be afraid: archaic "I doubt not your contradictions"
Definitions of doubt. noun. the state of being unsure of something. synonyms: doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty. see more. noun. uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something. synonyms: doubtfulness, dubiousness, question. see more. verb. consider unlikely or have doubts about.
a feeling of being uncertain about something or not believing something. a feeling of doubt and uncertainty. New evidence has cast doubt on the guilt of the man jailed for the crime. He was starting to have some serious doubts. to have lingering/grave/nagging doubts.
n. 1. uncertainty about the truth, fact, or existence of something (esp in the phrases in doubt, without doubt, beyond a shadow of doubt, etc) 2. ( often plural) lack of belief in or conviction about something: all his doubts about the project disappeared. 3. an unresolved difficulty, point, etc.
2 days ago · 1. variable noun [NOUN that] If you have doubt or doubts about something, you feel uncertain about it and do not know whether it is true or possible. If you say you have no doubt about it, you mean that you are certain it is true. This raises doubts about the point of advertising. [ + about/as to]
doubt. noun. /daʊt/. [uncountable, countable] a feeling of being uncertain about something or not believing something a feeling of doubt and uncertainty doubt (about something) There is some doubt about the best way to do it.
the feeling of not being certain about something, or not trusting someone or something: I have some doubts about his ability to do the job. Fewer examples. a nagging doubt. lingering doubts. Her answers raised doubts in my mind. I was confident till you planted doubts in my mind. A lot of people had doubts about whether I'd come back. have no doubt
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English doubt1 /daʊt/ S1 W1 noun 1 [ countable, uncountable] a feeling of being not sure whether something is true or right doubt about The incident raises doubts about the safety of nuclear power. doubt as to Some government ministers had serious doubts as to whether the policy would work.
