| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A lack of conviction or certainty: doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, mistrust, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty, wonder. See CERTAIN. 2. A request for data: inquiry, interrogation, query. Law : interrogatory. See ASK, INVESTIGATE. 3. A situation that presents difficulty, uncertainty, or perplexity: hornets' nest, issue, problem. Informal : can of worms. See EASY. | | VERB: | 1. To put a question to (someone): ask, examine, inquire, query, quiz. See ASK. 2. To be uncertain, disbelieving, or skeptical about: distrust, doubt, misdoubt, mistrust, wonder. Idioms: have one's doubts. See CERTAIN.
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