doubting

1. 1.

   marked by or given to doubt

   “a skeptical attitude”

   “a skeptical listener”

   Synonymsquestioningskepticalsceptical

   Similardistrustful

Other forms of doubting

comparative

doubtinger·

superlative

doubtingest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about doubting

What does doubting mean?

doubting means "marked by or given to doubt".

How many syllables are in doubting?

doubting has 2 syllables: doub-ting. The stress falls on "doub". In IPA it is /ˈdaʊtɪŋ/.

What is another word for doubting?

Close synonyms include questioning, skeptical, sceptical. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is doubting a common word?

doubting is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.