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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
Tentative or unsure in acting or speaking
Deviating from mainstream or accepted opinion or dogma
Displaying, or characterized by, jealousy or a lack of trust
Disloyal, especially to a spouse or partner
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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
disbelieving
unbelieving
incredulous
sceptical
UK
doubting
questioning
non-believing
rationalist
irreligious
nullifidian
faithless
unimpressed
unmoved
unpersuaded
hesitant
on the fence
“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
cynical
sceptical
UK
dubious
wary
leery
chary
apprehensive
trustless
cautious
unconvinced
uncertain
guarded
cagey
unsure
careful
unsettled
fearful
untrusting
hesitant
mistrusting
jealous
quizzical
paranoid
jaundiced
undecided
uneasy
hinky
uptight
lacking trust
been hit before
on guard
circumspect
distrusting
insecure
nervous
pessimistic
anxious
heedful
nonbelieving
watchful
wondering
without faith
in doubt
having reservations
not born yesterday
without belief
possessive
skittish
shy
worried
solicitous
aporetic
unsatisfied
suspect
iffy
not believing
faithless
unenlightened
freethinking
narrow-minded
non-believing
paranoiac
jaded
obsessed
para
unreasonable
over-suspicious
overly suspicious
irrationally anxious
misanthropic
disillusioned
negative
disenchanted
hardened
hard
bleak
black
world-weary
hard-bitten
hard-boiled
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
acerbic
satiric
mordant
jeering
trenchant
snarky
barbed
sarky
taunting
bitter
corrosive
stinging
scalding
arrogant
acid
mean
smart-alecky
disrespectful
acrid
acerb
pungent
smart-mouthed
scorching
acidulous
acidic
smart-aleck
tart
offensive
acrimonious
contumelious
carping
chaffing
salty
severe
snide
irascible
backhanded
disdainful
ridiculing
nasty
evil
critical
hostile
brusque
needling
saucy
scurrilous
snarling
twitting
vitriolic
austere
captious
ornery
harsh
keen
derisory
weisenheiming
malicious
irreverent
droll
denigratory
cussed
insulting
disillusioned
incisive
spiteful
sly
subtle
laconic
slighting
twisted
withering
virulent
hurtful
devastating
witty
deprecating
wise
burlesque
pointed
jibing
derogatory
deprecatory
sour
poignant
double-edged
humorous
belittling
dismissive
defiant
lampooning
uncomplimentary
catty
impertinent
passive-aggressive
contemptible
condescending
pawky
penetrating
blistering
venomous
wicked
shrewish
vituperative
disapproving
brutal
unsparing
fierce
searing
savage
waspish
astringent
piercing
polemic
unkind
insinuating
parodying
spoofing
paradoxical
spoof
farcical
bantering
ferocious
lambent
ill-natured
wounding
coruscating
burning
Hudibrastic
Rabelaisian
unpleasant
hateful
clever
backbiting
spicy
rapier-like
cruel
sulphurous
UK
sulfurous
US
razor-edged
quick-witted
deadpan
extremely critical
abrasive
waggish
rude
apathetic
supercilious
cheeky
flip
teasing
fresh
sassy
demeaning
haughty
degrading
derogative
superior
decrying
pejorative
abhorrent
depreciative
depreciatory
detractive
denigrative
nervy
pillorying
straight-faced
hypercritical
overbearing
insolent
snotty
egotistic
snooty
sniffy
gally
cocky
smart
snidey
crusty
poker-faced
sharp-tongued
matter-of-fact
low-key
quietly humorous
despicable
abusive
full of contempt
opprobrious
out-of-line
for the birds
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
▲
Tentative or unsure in acting or speaking
hesitant
doubtful
uncertain
undecided
unsure
wavering
irresolute
tentative
vacillating
indecisive
dubious
ambivalent
hesitating
dithering
iffy
sceptical
UK
doubting
cautious
oscillating
nervous
reluctant
unpredictable
shy
backward
unwilling
havering
cunctatory
afraid
averse
uneager
shilly-shallying
in doubt
in two minds
in a dilemma
in a quandary
blowing hot and cold
half-hearted
on the horns of a dilemma
hanging back
having misgivings
having qualms
humming and hawing
unsettled
mistrustful
distrustful
trustless
suspicious
unconvinced
faltering
hinky
unresolved
undetermined
indefinite
diffident
of two minds
on the fence
leery
equivocal
waffling
agnostic
sitting on the fence
slow
loath
halting
disinclined
teetering
fluctuating
divided
uncommitted
perplexed
ambiguous
torn
vague
unclear
hazy
equivocating
split
timid
faithless
shaky
unassured
noncommittal
not sure
betwixt and between
hemming and hawing
running hot and cold
pendulous
lazy
delaying
dawdling
like doubting Thomas
without belief
shilly-shally
vacillant
lacking confidence
vacillatory
confused
vexed
pussyfooting
wobbling
floating
cagey
reticent
indisposed
swithering
unconfirmed
wishy-washy
unfinished
pendent
loth
cagy
fly-by-night
unsavory
US
questioning
unsavoury
UK
chancy
untrusty
hedging your bets
in the middle
untrusting
touch-and-go
insecure
unconfident
on-the-fence
fickle
hot-and-cold
unable to decide
neutral
infirm
weak
unstable
fluctuant
borderline
weak-minded
weak-kneed
hot and cold
unsteady
uneventful
astraddle
changeable
volatile
changing
halfhearted
fearful
wobbly
conflicting
muddled
conflicted
contradictory
inconclusive
mixed
opposed
independent
unaffiliated
unattached
impartial
non-partisan
non-aligned
having opposing views
having clashing views
undeclared
having conflicting views
having contradictory views
full of doubt
more ❯
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
impious
sceptical
UK
heathen
heretic
unbelieving
agnostic
pagan
idolatrous
nullifidian
non-believing
non-theistic
subversive
questioning
irreverent
rebellious
atheistic
irreligious
infidel
innovative
critical
unholy
ungodly
mutinous
malcontent
radical
profane
faithless
heathenish
groundbreaking
original
denunciatory
nonreligious
individualistic
revolutionary
nonconforming
religionless
nonbelieving
godless
undogmatic
free thinking
apostate
blasphemous
atheistical
recusant
rebel
discordant
protesting
opposing
sectarian
splinter
objecting
contrary
insubordinate
seceding
rebelling
complaining
opposed
insurgent
non-compliant
eccentric
conflicting
alternative
insurrectionary
breakaway
anti-
contradicting
negative
uncanonical
irregular
unceremonious
informal
gainsaying
unsound
doubtful
inorthodox
secessionist
opposition
disobedient
defiant
ungovernable
recalcitrant
clashing
dissonant
divisive
polemical
factional
disaffected
contumacious
offbeat
weird
refractory
intractable
froward
incompliant
resistant
obstreperous
restive
oddball
unconnected
independent
separate
autonomous
nonaligned
willful
untoward
wilful
insurrectionist
wayward
balky
unmanageable
unruly
mutinying
traitorous
bohemian
freak
hippie
beatnik
way-out
modernizing
US
political
pragmatic
modernising
UK
ideological
progressive
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
uneasy
cagey
been hit before
unsure
unconvinced
undecided
hinky
nervous
untrusting
hesitant
disbelieving
incredulous
negativistic
careful
circumspect
distrusting
show-me
lacking confidence
lacking trust
lacking faith
Adjective
▲
Disloyal, especially to a spouse or partner
faithless
unfaithful
disloyal
false
untrue
fickle
perfidious
traitorous
treacherous
inconstant
unreliable
untrustworthy
false-hearted
adulterous
deceitful
double-crossing
double-dealing
doubting
recreant
two-faced
cheating
deceiving
dishonest
flighty
Janus-faced
two-timing
undependable
untruthful
back-stabbing
double-faced
unbelieving
capricious
changeable
changeful
dubious
fluctuating
sceptical
UK
unconverted
unloyal
unstable
wavering
duplicitous
insincere
deceptive
lying
hypocritical
fraudulent
dissembling
artificial
phony
US
phoney
UK
apostate
unctuous
treasonable
mendacious
counterfeit
double
shifty
Pecksniffian
feigned
pretended
treasonous
hollow
specious
left-handed
fake
subversive
disingenuous
backhanded
devious
mealy
mealymouthed
jive
betraying
spurious
lip
snide
deluding
glib
adulterine
seditious
canting
underhand
phoney-baloney
tricky
phony-baloney
sneaky
renegade
slick
sneaking
misleading
pharisaical
Punic
unpatriotic
jivey
unnatural
oily
affected
feigning
wormlike
smooth
pharisaic
hollow-hearted
sly
unscrupulous
slippery
crooked
mutinous
shady
smooth-spoken
underhanded
smooth-tongued
guileful
cunning
insidious
truthless
knavish
undutiful
pretend
fishy
crafty
unprincipled
philanderous
artful
falsehearted
fallacious
perjured
foxy
delusive
dishonourable
UK
rebellious
defrauding
low
forsworn
philandering
sharp
wicked
conniving
clandestine
corrupt
base
unsound
snaky
sham
insubordinate
beguiling
cynical
dishonorable
US
unchaste
dissimulating
moonlighting
backstabbing
bland
assuming
captious
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
snake in the grass
fly-by-night
heretical
wayward
backsliding
involved
delusory
dual
dissident
irresolute
of bad faith
defecting
arrant
illusory
backstabby
coquettish
lubricious
breakaway
extramarital
hypocritic
double dealing
chameleon-like
not true to
Tartuffian
Pharisaical
Pharisaic
flimsy
untrusty
pretending
illicit
scoundrelly
venal
malicious
villainous
foul
mythomaniac
malevolent
rascally
mean
dodgy
iffy
trustless
irresponsible
shonky
questionable
fink
adulterate
extracurricular
unsafe
unconvincing
invalid
insignificant
weak
devoid of validity
immoral
fornicating
speedy
improper
unlawful
not dependable
not to be depended on
not to be trusted
fair-weather
fast and loose
pretentious
overdone
exaggerated
evasive
pseud
ambidextrous
put-on
not candid
not frank
lacking sincerity
with tongue in cheek
wily
scheming
designing
calculating
subtle
bent
Machiavellian
furtive
astute
stealthy
roguish
slim
indirect
astucious
mala fide
shrewd
unethical
rogue
cagey
unfair
fast
dirty
cute
illegal
disreputable
cagy
criminal
intriguing
plotting
swindling
unjust
clever
unsporting
revolutionary
unsportsmanlike
snidey
contriving
manipulative
below the belt
nefarious
dangerous
surreptitious
inflammatory
smart
low-down
amoral
canny
fly
oblique
secret
insurrectionary
agitational
elusive
insurrectionist
bluffing
conspiratorial
incendiary
ingenious
rabble-rousing
inequitable
rebel
hoodwinking
malfeasant
cowardly
perjurious
equivocating
secretive
sinister
deep
provocative
errant
fibbing
wrong
not cricket
covert
conspiring
untrusted
out of order
collusive
carny
controversial
slimy
rousing
arousing
contentious
stirring
demagogic
dissentious
aggressive
causing trouble
exploitative
evil
iniquitous
stinky
bum
serpentine
unjustifiable
unsatisfactory
unacceptable
unjustified
unreasonable
uncalled for
mean-spirited
dicey
bamboozling
corruptible
against the law
intentionally misleading
dirty-dealing
deviant
grafting
unwarranted
off
unnecessary
suspicious
buyable
salty
ornery
hostile
colluding
ruthless
perilous
ensnaring
suborned
observant
heedful
like a snake in the grass
impish
arch
mischievous
caballing
intelligent
unhonest
unprofessional
cowboy
not on
out of turn
opportunist
streetwise
keen
cutthroat
unconscionable
opportunistic
provoking
greasy
not trustworthy
prevaricating
misrepresenting
inventing
misstating
falsifying
wry
witted
expedient
a bit much
venomous
trick
disbelieved
dexterous
US
dextrous
UK
proficient
adroit
politic
resourceful
masterly
adept
not to be relied upon
commiting perjury
swearing falsely
nasty
lurking
slinking
virulent
vipery
over the fence
a bit thick
despicable
committing perjury
bearing false witness
contemptible
backstairs
vile
murky
sordid
hidden
shrouded
veiled
cheap
ignominious
obliquitous
gimmicky
beggarly
shameful
squalid
rotten
ungentlemanly
radical
hugger-mugger
hole-and-corner
schismatic
cloak-and-dagger
unpleasant
scurvy
shabby
detestable
paltry
worthless
back-alley
under the table
playing politics
put on
playing games
heterodox
reactionary
untraditional
outlaw
runaway
faking one out
not straightforward
execrable
illegitimate
wretched
sleazy
grubby
abject
unsportsmanly
ignoble
sorry
deplorable
scummy
lame
currish
scungy
lousy
off-colour
UK
ratty
scabby
low-minded
off-color
US
ill-gotten
insurgent
against the rules
riotous
underground
corruptive
perversive
undermining
disruptive
troublemaking
destructive
corrupting
overthrowing
discrediting
harmful
destabilising
UK
destabilizing
US
ruinous
backbiting
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