Sceptical: alternatives and connections

Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers.

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Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers.

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Not credulous; indisposed to admit or accept that which is related as true, skeptical; unbelieving.

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Not credulous; indisposed to admit or accept that which is related as true, skeptical; unbelieving.

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One who doubts; one whose opinion is unsettled; one who scruples.

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One who doubts; one whose opinion is unsettled; one who scruples.

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etc. See Skeptic, Skeptical, Skepticism, etc.

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etc. See Skeptic, Skeptical, Skepticism, etc.

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of Disbelieve

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of Doubt

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of Question

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Of or pertaining to a sceptic or skepticism; characterized by skepticism; hesitating to admit the certainly of doctrines or principles; doubting of e…

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Not believing; incredulous; doubting; distrusting; skeptical.

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