doubting

Definition von doubting im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: {n} doubt, hesitation, suspense; marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a skeptical listener; marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a skeptical listener"; present participle of doubt; {s} having doubts; That is uncertain; that distrusts or hesitates; having doubts
doubting Thomas: One who requires proof before believing
doubting Thomas: If you describe someone as a doubting Thomas, you mean they refuse to believe something until they see definite proof or evidence of it. someone who does not always believe things until they have seen proof of them (Thomas the follower of Christ who did not believe he had come back to life)
doubting thomas: sceptic; apostle Thomas who doubted the truth of Jesus' resurrection until he had touched his wounds
doubting thomas: someone who demands physical evidence in order to be convinced (especially when this demand is out of place)
doubt: To lack confidence in; to disbelieve, question, or suspect
He doubted that was really what you meant.
doubt: To fear; to suspect
He fled, like Joseph, leaving it; but there, / I doubt, all likeness ends between the pair.
doubt: unbelief
doubt: {f} be uncertain, have misgivings
doubt: lack confidence in or have doubts about; "I doubt these reports"; "I suspect her true motives"; "she distrusts her stepmother
doubt: {v} to question, scruple, suspect, distruct
doubt: {i} misgiving, lack of certainty
doubt: {n} suspense, suspicion, scruple, difficulty
doubt: To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive of
doubt: A mental factor that wavers with respect to its object See Understanding the Mind
doubt: vicikicchâ: doubt, perplexity, uncertainty It is one of the five barriers, perhaps being what keeps the "five-walled cage" erect, sturdy, and for all appearances, indestructible Though it is stated in this translation as "to doubt the truth of this teaching," in practice it may be experienced equally as self-doubt, lack of faith or confidence, bewilderment in the face of the unexplained
doubt: consider unlikely or have doubts about; "I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage"
doubt: If you say that something is in doubt or open to doubt, you consider it to be uncertain or unreliable. The outcome was still in doubt That claim is increasingly open to doubt. = uncertain
doubt: the benefit of the doubt: see benefit a shadow of a doubt: see shadow
doubt: uncertainty about the truth or factuality of existence of something; "the dubiousness of his claim"; "there is no question about the validity of the enterprise"
doubt: To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive
doubt: Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread
doubt: 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
doubt: lack confidence in or have doubts about; "I doubt these reports"; "I suspect her true motives"; "she distrusts her stepmother"
doubt: If you doubt someone or doubt their word, you think that they may not be telling the truth. No one directly involved with the case doubted him trust
doubt: hesitation
doubt: 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
doubt: If you are in doubt about something, you feel unsure or uncertain about it. He is in no doubt as to what is needed When in doubt, call the doctor
doubt: Uncertainty of condition
doubt: Difficulty expressed or urged for solution; point unsettled; objection
doubt: emphasis If you say that something is true without doubt or without a doubt, you are emphasizing that it is definitely true. Without doubt this was the most important relationship I developed at college = undoubtedly
doubt: If you doubt whether something is true or possible, you believe that it is probably not true or possible. Others doubted whether that would happen He doubted if he would learn anything new from Marie She doubted that the accident could have been avoided
doubt: 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 I had my doubts when she started, but she's getting really good There can be little doubt that he will offend again = uncertainty
doubt: To fill with fear; to affright
doubt: You say I doubt it as a response to a question or statement about something that you think is untrue or unlikely. `Somebody would have seen her.' --- `I doubt it, not on Monday.'
doubt: the state of being unsure of something
doubt: emphasis You use no doubt to emphasize that something seems certain or very likely to you. The contract for this will no doubt be widely advertised = undoubtedly
doubt: If you doubt something, you believe that it might not be true or genuine. No one doubted his ability
doubt: 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
doubt: emphasis You say that something is beyond doubt or beyond reasonable doubt when you are certain that it is true and it cannot be contradicted or disproved. A referendum showed beyond doubt that voters wanted independence
doubt: the state of being unsure of something consider unlikely or have doubts about; "I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage"
doubt: Uncertainty, disbelief
doubt: You use no doubt to indicate that you accept the truth of a particular point, but that you do not consider it is important or contradicts the rest of what you are saying. No doubt many will regard these as harsh words, but regrettably they are true

doubting

Türkische aussprache

dautîng

Synonyme

dubious, skeptical, doubtful, suspicious

Aussprache

/ˈdoutəɴɢ/ /ˈdaʊtɪŋ/

Etymologie

[ 'daut ] (verb.) 13th century. alteration of Middle English douten, from Old French douter to doubt, from Latin dubitare; akin to Latin dubius dubious.