Associations to the word «Skeptical»

Wiktionary

SKEPTICAL, adjective. Having, or expressing doubt; questioning.
SKEPTICAL, adjective. Of or relating to skepticism or the skeptics.

Dictionary definition

SKEPTICAL, adjective. Denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion; "a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles".
SKEPTICAL, adjective. Marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a skeptical listener".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats