Associations to the word «Doubt»

Wiktionary

DOUBT, noun. Uncertainty, disbelief.
DOUBT, verb. (ambitransitive) To lack confidence in; to disbelieve, question, or suspect.
DOUBT, verb. (archaic) To fear; to suspect.
DOUBT, verb. (obsolete) To fear; to be apprehensive of.
DOUBT, verb. (obsolete) To fill with fear; to affright.

Dictionary definition

DOUBT, noun. The state of being unsure of something.
DOUBT, noun. Uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something; "the dubiousness of his claim"; "there is no question about the validity of the enterprise".
DOUBT, verb. Consider unlikely or have doubts about; "I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage".
DOUBT, verb. Lack confidence in or have doubts about; "I doubt these reports"; "I suspect her true motives"; "she distrusts her stepmother".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope