doubt

doubt
1. n сомнение; нерешительность, колебание; неясность

without doubt, beyond doubt — вне сомнения

beyond a shadow of doubt — вне всяких сомнений

make no doubt about it — не сомневайтесь в этом; можете быть уверены в этом

I have my doubts whether he will come — я не уверен , что он придёт

no doubt — без сомнения

cast doubt — отбросить сомнения

nary a doubt — ни тени сомнения

beyond doubt — вне всякого сомнения

cast doubt on — подвергать сомнению

2. v сомневаться; подвергать сомнению, быть неуверенным

there was no doubting his sincerity — не приходилось сомневаться в его искренности

no manner of doubt — никакого сомнения

beyond all doubt — вне всякого сомнения

not a shadow of doubt — ни тени сомнения

to hang in doubt — пребывать в сомнениях

drop a hint of doubt — бросать тень сомнения

3. v уст. диал. бояться, испытывать страх
4. v уст. диал. подозревать
Синонимический ряд:
1. apprehension (noun) apprehension; misgivings; qualms; skepticism
2. distrust (noun) disbelief; distrust; faltering; hazard; hesitation; problem
3. hesitancy (noun) demurral; dilemma; hesitancy; perplexity; quandary; scepticism; scruple; suspense
4. indecision (noun) indecision; questioning; reservation
5. uncertainty (noun) concern; doubtfulness; dubiety; dubiosity; dubiousness; dubitancy; incertitude; mistrust; query; question; suspicion; uncertainty; uncertitude; wonder
6. hesitate (verb) hesitate; ponder; query; scruple; stagger; stick; vacillate; waver; wonder
7. question (verb) challenge; discredit; dispute; distrust; misdoubt; mistrust; oppugn; question; suspect; wonder at
Антонимический ряд:
assurance; belief; certainty; clearness; confidence; conviction; credence; decide; decision; dependence; determination; faith; fidelity; precision; satisfaction; trust

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  • Doubt — • A state in which the mind is suspended between two contradictory propositions and unable to assent to either of them Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Doubt     Doubt      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • doubt — doubt·able; doubt·er; doubt·ful·ly; doubt·ful·ness; doubt·ing·ly; doubt·ing·ness; doubt·less·ness; doubt·some; re·doubt·able; re·doubt·ably; re·doubt·ed; un·doubt·ed·ly; un·doubt·ing·ly; doubt; doubt·ful; doubt·less; mis·doubt; re·doubt;… …   English syllables

  • doubt — I (indecision) noun ambiguity, anxiety, apprehension, apprehensiveness, confusion, dubitatio, dubito, faltering, feeling of uncertainty, hesitancy, improbability, inability to decide, incertitude, indefiniteness, indeterminateness,… …   Law dictionary

  • Doubt — Doubt, n. [OE. dute, doute, F. doute, fr. douter to doubt. See {Doubt}, v. i.] 1. 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Doubt — Doubt, v. t. 1. 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. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • doubt — verb. 1. I doubt whether he ll come and I doubt if he ll come are the standard constructions when doubt is used in the affirmative to mean ‘think it unlikely’. When doubt is used in the negative to mean ‘think it likely’, a that clause is normal …   Modern English usage

  • doubt — (v.) early 13c., to dread, fear, from O.Fr. doter doubt, be doubtful; be afraid, from L. dubitare to doubt, question, hesitate, waver in opinion (related to dubius uncertain; see DUBIOUS (Cf. dubious)), originally to have to choose between two… …   Etymology dictionary

  • doubt — [dout] vi. [ME douten < OFr douter < L dubitare, to waver in opinion < dubius, DUBIOUS; b reintroduced, after L, in 16th c.] 1. to be uncertain in opinion or belief; be undecided 2. to be inclined to disbelief 3. Archaic to hesitate vt.… …   English World dictionary

  • Doubt — (dout), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Doubted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Doubting}.] [OE. duten, douten, OF. duter, doter, douter, F. douter, fr. L. dubitare; akin to dubius doubtful. See {Dubious}.] 1. To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • doubt — ► NOUN ▪ a feeling of uncertainty. ► VERB 1) feel uncertain about. 2) question the truth of. ● no doubt Cf. ↑no doubt DERIVATIVES doubter …   English terms dictionary

  • doubt — [n] lack of faith, conviction; questioning agnosticism, ambiguity, apprehension, confusion, demurral, difficulty, diffidence, dilemma, disbelief, discredit, disquiet, distrust, dubiety, dubiousness, faithlessness, faltering, fear, hesitancy,… …   New thesaurus


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