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What is another word for
skeptical
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Having doubts or uncertainty (about something or someone)
Predisposed to be skeptical of claims
Given to the use of skeptical irony or sarcasm
Deviating from mainstream or accepted opinion or dogma
Displaying, or characterized by, jealousy or a lack of trust
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Adjective
▲
Having doubts or uncertainty (about something or someone)
distrustful
cynical
doubtful
leery
mistrustful
suspicious
unconvinced
dubious
uncertain
unsure
quizzical
undecided
hesitating
agnostic
aporetic
hinky
scoffing
trustless
unsettled
hesitant
sceptical
UK
irresolute
vacillating
wavering
tentative
doubting
indecisive
iffy
faltering
ambivalent
dithering
in doubt
in two minds
in a dilemma
disbelieving
unbelieving
shilly-shallying
incredulous
blowing hot and cold
reluctant
unresolved
on the fence
in a quandary
on the horns of a dilemma
backward
oscillating
diffident
shy
unpredictable
unwilling
averse
afraid
uneager
undetermined
indefinite
half-hearted
hanging back
of two minds
halting
nervous
equivocal
faithless
waffling
disinclined
slow
loath
having qualms
having misgivings
sitting on the fence
timid
cautious
pessimistic
uncommitted
torn
equivocating
unclear
havering
vague
split
questioning
cunctatory
hazy
noncommittal
teetering
fluctuating
divided
jaundiced
pendulous
lazy
perplexed
delaying
dawdling
ambiguous
shaky
vacillant
vacillatory
unassured
not sure
shilly-shally
lacking confidence
humming and hawing
hemming and hawing
betwixt and between
like doubting Thomas
running hot and cold
without belief
confused
vexed
non-believing
insecure
pussyfooting
untrusting
unconfident
unimpressed
unpersuaded
unmoved
narrow-minded
cagey
reticent
indisposed
unconfirmed
loth
cagy
jaded
fly-by-night
unsavory
US
unsavoury
UK
touch-and-go
chancy
untrusty
disillusioned
misanthropic
negative
disenchanted
nonbelieving
hardened
hard
bleak
black
world-weary
hard-bitten
hard-boiled
floating
wobbling
swithering
unfinished
pendent
wishy-washy
hedging your bets
in the middle
weak-minded
opposed
weak
fickle
unsteady
resistant
unenthusiastic
infirm
indeterminate
unstable
recalcitrant
wobbly
discouraged
weak-kneed
disheartened
not in the mood
chary of
hesitant about
diffident about
reserved
unassertive
uneventful
astraddle
changeable
frightened
weak of mind
changing
halfhearted
fearful
shillyshallying
hot and cold
pending
on-the-fence
open
dilly-dallying
dismayed
scared
hot-and-cold
unspecified
abeyant
unknown
incalculable
unproven
shy of
circumspect about
cautious with
queasy about
averse to
full of doubt
antipathetic
conflicting
muddled
contradictory
conflicted
misbelieving
inconclusive
mixed
unprepared
minimifidian
balking
US
having reservations
objecting
baulking
UK
unsympathetic
ill-disposed
having opposing views
having clashing views
having conflicting views
having contradictory views
not disposed
squeamish
wary
against
queasy
chary
calculating
remiss
shy about
not in favour of
afraid to
opposed to
ashamed to
coy about
bashful about
more ❯
“Acton's medical contemporaries, for instance, were
skeptical
about his claims.”
Adjective
▲
Predisposed to be skeptical of claims
suspicious
distrustful
mistrustful
unbelieving
doubting
disbelieving
negativistic
incredulous
questioning
suspecting
show-me
doubtful
dubious
cynical
sceptical
UK
wary
leery
chary
apprehensive
trustless
uncertain
unconvinced
cautious
cagey
unsure
guarded
unsettled
careful
untrusting
fearful
quizzical
hesitant
undecided
paranoid
jealous
hinky
mistrusting
uneasy
uptight
been hit before
lacking trust
watchful
on guard
jaundiced
in doubt
without faith
not born yesterday
without belief
circumspect
nervous
distrusting
anxious
insecure
heedful
iffy
wondering
having reservations
possessive
unsatisfied
suspect
aporetic
solicitous
not believing
shy
skittish
worried
faithless
unenlightened
freethinking
nonbelieving
non-believing
paranoiac
obsessed
para
unreasonable
over-suspicious
overly suspicious
irrationally anxious
lacking confidence
lacking faith
more ❯
“She was a naturally
skeptical
woman, but I was pleased to see that she seemed to admire the machine.”
Adjective
▲
Given to the use of skeptical irony or sarcasm
sardonic
sarcastic
caustic
satirical
mocking
cynical
biting
derisive
scornful
scoffing
sneering
contemptuous
ironic
dry
ironical
wry
cynic
tongue-in-cheek
misanthropical
scathing
disparaging
mordacious
detracting
pessimistic
misanthropic
sceptical
UK
cutting
sharp
satiric
mordant
acerbic
trenchant
sarky
jeering
snarky
barbed
stinging
bitter
taunting
corrosive
arrogant
scalding
mean
acid
smart-alecky
disrespectful
acrid
acerb
pungent
smart-mouthed
scorching
acidulous
carping
smart-aleck
tart
acidic
offensive
acrimonious
contumelious
chaffing
salty
severe
nasty
snide
disdainful
backhanded
irascible
brusque
critical
ridiculing
evil
harsh
hostile
saucy
needling
scurrilous
derisory
snarling
twitting
austere
captious
vitriolic
keen
ornery
malicious
weisenheiming
sly
irreverent
droll
denigratory
cussed
derogatory
insulting
disillusioned
hurtful
incisive
belittling
double-edged
spiteful
subtle
slighting
laconic
twisted
uncomplimentary
withering
deprecatory
witty
virulent
wise
burlesque
pointed
devastating
jibing
sour
poignant
cruel
humorous
dismissive
defiant
lampooning
deprecating
demeaning
hypercritical
catty
impertinent
passive-aggressive
sharp-tongued
unsympathetic
pawky
disingenuous
penetrating
contemptible
condescending
venomous
blistering
wicked
brutal
unsparing
fierce
searing
savage
waspish
astringent
piercing
polemic
parodying
spoofing
paradoxical
spoof
farcical
bantering
ferocious
lambent
unkind
wounding
coruscating
burning
Hudibrastic
Rabelaisian
deadpan
censuring
condemning
cursing
clever
backbiting
spicy
sulphurous
UK
sulfurous
US
rapier-like
razor-edged
quick-witted
abrasive
waggish
disapproving
hateful
shrewish
vituperative
extremely critical
apathetic
unpleasant
ill-natured
pejorative
rude
hard-hitting
degrading
straight-faced
abusive
insolent
cheeky
supercilious
poker-faced
flip
teasing
fresh
matter-of-fact
low-key
quietly humorous
sassy
opprobrious
nervy
pillorying
gally
cocky
smart
snidey
crusty
snooty
sniffy
snotty
abhorrent
out-of-line
for the birds
overbearing
haughty
derogative
superior
egotistic
decrying
depreciative
depreciatory
detractive
denigrative
full of contempt
more ❯
“The fact that Browne followed Lushington on the Corbett trail to Norwich is evidence that the author of the Religio was infected by the playful yet serious and
skeptical
wit of his tutor.”
Adjective
▲
Deviating from mainstream or accepted opinion or dogma
heretical
dissenting
nonconformist
dissident
heterodox
unorthodox
unconventional
dissentient
iconoclastic
maverick
nonorthodox
renegade
schismatic
disagreeing
separatist
revisionist
freethinking
differing
controversial
paynim
recreant
deviating
dissentive
out-there
heathen
impious
unbelieving
agnostic
pagan
idolatrous
nullifidian
sceptical
UK
non-believing
non-theistic
atheistic
irreligious
infidel
unholy
ungodly
profane
faithless
heathenish
nonreligious
religionless
nonbelieving
undogmatic
godless
apostate
blasphemous
heretic
atheistical
recusant
rebellious
revolutionary
rebel
discordant
opposing
protesting
sectarian
mutinous
radical
insurgent
objecting
opposed
insurrectionary
contrary
insubordinate
rebelling
complaining
subversive
individualistic
malcontent
nonconforming
eccentric
conflicting
non-compliant
breakaway
opposition
uncanonical
irregular
unceremonious
informal
unsound
doubtful
clashing
polemical
original
disobedient
defiant
offbeat
weird
ungovernable
recalcitrant
oddball
alternative
disaffected
contumacious
bohemian
freak
refractory
intractable
froward
incompliant
resistant
obstreperous
restive
hippie
beatnik
unconnected
independent
secessionist
inorthodox
reformist
way-out
willful
untoward
wilful
insurrectionist
wayward
balky
unmanageable
unruly
mutinying
traitorous
gainsaying
contradicting
negative
progressivist
progressive
anti-
trendsetting
innovative
pacesetting
pioneering
nontraditional
nonconventional
reforming
avant-garde
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Displaying, or characterized by, jealousy or a lack of trust
insecure
jealous
suspicious
cynical
suspecting
wary
distrustful
mistrustful
sceptical
UK
possessive
questioning
doubtful
dubious
uptight
cautious
doubting
guarded
trustless
uncertain
anxious
unsettled
quizzical
apprehensive
wondering
solicitous
unbelieving
fearful
in doubt
having reservations
chary
leery
cagey
uneasy
been hit before
unsure
unconvinced
undecided
hinky
untrusting
nervous
hesitant
disbelieving
incredulous
negativistic
careful
circumspect
distrusting
show-me
lacking confidence
lacking trust
lacking faith
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