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skeptical — I adjective agnostic, cynical, disbelieving, distrustful, distrusting, doubting, dubious, faithless, free thinking, heretical, heterodox, iconoclastic, incredulous, questioning, quizzical, scoffing, suspecting, suspicious, unbelieving, uncertain … Law dictionary
skeptical — also sceptical; see SKEPTIC (Cf. skeptic) + AL (Cf. al) (1). Related: Skeptically … Etymology dictionary
skeptical — [adj] disbelieving, leery agnostic, aporetic, cynical, dissenting, doubtful, doubting, dubious, freethinking, hesitating, incredulous, mistrustful, questioning, quizzical, scoffing, show me*, suspicious, unbelieving, unconvinced; concept 403 Ant … New thesaurus
skeptical — [skep′ti kəl] adj. 1. of or characteristic of skeptics or skepticism 2. not easily persuaded or convinced; doubting; questioning 3. doubting the fundamental doctrines of religion skeptically adv … English World dictionary
skeptical — 01. Even the most [skeptical] scientists now admit that global warming is a serious problem. 02. It was hard for Clara not to be [skeptical] when her new boyfriend promised to be faithful to her once she found out that he had cheated on all his… … Grammatical examples in English
skeptical — skeptically, adv. skepticalness, n. /skep ti keuhl/, adj. 1. inclined to skepticism; having doubt: a skeptical young woman. 2. showing doubt: a skeptical smile. 3. denying or questioning the tenets of a religion: a skeptical approach to the… … Universalium
skeptical — skep|ti|cal [ skeptıkl ] adjective * having doubts about something that other people think is true or right: DOUBTFUL: Harrison approved the plan, but Riley remained skeptical. skeptical about: I m very skeptical about the results of the survey … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Skeptical — Skeptic Skep tic, Skeptical Skep tic*al, a. [Written also sceptic, sceptical.] 1. Of or pertaining to a sceptic or skepticism; characterized by skepticism; hesitating to admit the certainly of doctrines or principles; doubting of everything.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
skeptical — adjective a) Having, or expressing doubt; questioning. My teacher was skeptical when I told her my dog ate my homework. b) Of, or related to skepticism or the skeptics. I can see why people are so skeptical [sic] about him, but I think hes on to… … Wiktionary
skeptical — adjective Date: 1639 relating to, characteristic of, or marked by skepticism < a skeptical listener > • skeptically adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
