doubting
Not fully believing
Doubting is the state of being uncertain or skeptical about something.
A doubting mind questions rather than accepts.
Doubting Thomas refers to someone who requires proof before believing—from the apostle who doubted Christ's resurrection until he touched the wounds himself.
Sense of unease about motives
- distrustAbsence of confidence
- warinessCautious distrust
- misgivingsFeelings of doubt
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
leery · wary · cautious · guarded · paranoia · unease · qualms · reservations
One who doubts claims
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- cynicalDoubting human goodness
- disbelievingRefusing to accept something
- incredulousExpressing unwillingness to believe
distrustful · dubious · questioning · critical · analytical · scrutinizing · challenging · debunker
Lacking confidence or certainty
- ambivalentHaving contradictory feelings
- indecisiveUnable to make choices
- tentativeUncertain and provisional
- undecidedNot having chosen
unconvinced · vacillating · equivocal · irresolute · noncommittal · torn · conflicted · wishy-washy
Showing unsteady resolve
- vacillationInability to choose
- indecisionFailure to decide
- tentativenessState of being uncertain
- ditheringProlonged indecisive hesitation
faltering · equivocation · hedging · stalling · reluctance · second-guessing · shilly-shallying · teetering
Of x-y coordinate geometry
- cogitoLatin for "I think"
- SocraticRelating to elenctic inquiry
- epistemologicalRelating to knowledge theory
- methodologicalRegarding systematic approaches
solipsism · empiricism · rationalism · existential · phenomenological · deconstructionist · postmodern · relativism
suspicion
Sense of unease about motives
- distrustAbsence of confidence
- warinessCautious distrust
- misgivingsFeelings of doubt
apprehension · leery · wary · cautious · guarded · paranoia · unease · qualms · reservations · second-guessing
skeptic
One who doubts claims
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- cynicalDoubting human goodness
- disbelievingRefusing to accept something
incredulous · distrustful · dubious · questioning · critical · analytical · scrutinizing · challenging · debunker · naysayer
unsure
Lacking confidence or certainty
- ambivalentHaving contradictory feelings
- indecisiveUnable to make choices
- tentativeUncertain and provisional
undecided · unconvinced · vacillating · equivocal · irresolute · noncommittal · torn · conflicted · wishy-washy · iffy
wavering
Showing unsteady resolve
- vacillationInability to choose
- indecisionFailure to decide
- tentativenessState of being uncertain
dithering · faltering · equivocation · hedging · stalling · reluctance · second-guessing · shilly-shallying · teetering · balking
Cartesian
Of x-y coordinate geometry
- cogitoLatin for "I think"
- SocraticRelating to elenctic inquiry
- epistemologicalRelating to knowledge theory
methodological · solipsism · empiricism · rationalism · existential · phenomenological · deconstructionist · postmodern · relativism · foundationalism
- interactionstalking, sharing, greeting, helping, listening
- doubtskepticism, mistrust, suspicion, distrust, disbelief
- OCDOCD, obsession, obsessions, compulsion, compulsions
- askingquestion, inquiry, request, query, demand
- conjecturinghypothesizing, theorizing, speculating, conjecturing, supposing
- thinkingthinking, reasoning, thought, ponder, contemplate
doubtingbelieving
Accepting as true
certain · sure · convinced · confident · undoubting
- doubting ThomasesThose requiring proof