Doubtfulness

  • 81probability — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. likelihood, possibility; expectancy, chance. Ant., improbability. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. likelihood, possibility, contingency, hazard, plausibility, reasonableness, conceivability, prospect,… …

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  • 82question — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. problem, subject; query, interrogation; doubt, dispute. See inquiry. v. t. interrogate, examine, cross examine, quiz; dispute, challenge, doubt. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A query] Syn. inquiry, inquiring …

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  • 83suspicion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. mistrust, distrust, apprehension; doubt, misgiving, jealousy; supposition, inkling, intimation, hint; trace, touch, shade, modicum. See littleness, fear, feeling. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. misgiving,… …

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  • 84wonder — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Surprise or admiration or its cause Nouns 1. wonder, wonderment, marvel, miracle, miraculousness, astonishment, amazement, bewilderment; amazedness, admiration, awe; stupor, stupefaction; fascination;… …

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  • 85ambiguity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. doubtfulness, incertitude, vagueness, double meaning; see uncertainty 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The quality or state of being ambiguous: ambiguousness, cloudiness, equivocalness, indefiniteness, nebulousness,… …

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  • 86incertitude — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. hesitation, perplexity, misgiving; see doubt 2 , uncertainty 1 , 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A lack of conviction or certainty: doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, mistrust, question, skepticism, suspicion,… …

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  • 87skepticism — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. suspicion, uncertainty, dubiousness; see doubt 2 , sarcasm . See Synonym Study at uncertainty . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. doubt, questioning, cynicism, disbelief, scoffing, distrust, mistrust, leeriness, suspicion,… …

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  • 88unlikelihood — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. improbability, doubtfulness, inconceivability, remote possibility, a ghost of a chance*, a snowball s chance in hell*; see also impossibility , uncertainty 2 …

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  • 89dubiousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A lack of conviction or certainty: doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, incertitude, mistrust, question, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty, wonder. See CERTAIN …

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  • 90doubtful — late 14c., from DOUBT (Cf. doubt) + FUL (Cf. ful). Related: Doubtfully; doubtfulness …

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