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What is the adjective for doubting?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs doubt and dubitate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

doubtful
  1. Subject to, or causing doubt.
  2. Experiencing or showing doubt, sceptical.
  3. Undecided or of uncertain outcome.
  4. (obsolete) Fearsome, dreadful.
  5. Improbable or unlikely.
  6. Suspicious, or of dubious character.
  7. Unclear or unreliable.
  8. Synonyms:
      9. questionable, dubious, debatable, unsettled, unconfirmed, uncertain, equivocal, iffy, unclear, undecided, unknown, unresolved, ambiguous, disputable, inconclusive, indeterminate, inexact, speculative, suspect, unpredictable, unsure, clouded, confused, dodgy, doubtable, dubitable, indefinite, moot, open, pending, undependable, chancy, contingent, hazy, in the balance, open to debate, in doubt, in limbo, not definite, touch-and-go, up in the air, open to question, up for grabs, in no man's land, undetermined, arguable, problematic, in question, vague, controversial … more
  9. Examples:
      10. “It remains doubtful if their strategy can stand up to the scrutiny of a court.”
      “They are doubtful of her being reunited with Ollie, after waiting more than two weeks for his return.”
      “It is doubtful whether tomorrow's victor will reach quite the lofty heights of his predecessor.”
dubious
  1. Arousing doubt; questionable; open to suspicion.
  2. In disbelief; wavering, uncertain, or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt; undecided.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. hesitant, doubtful, uncertain, unsure, undecided, wavering, cagey, hesitating, tentative, equivocal, iffy, indisposed, loath, reticent, sceptical, unsettled, ambiguous, disinclined, irresolute, unconfirmed, unconvinced, undetermined, unresolved, vacillating, cagy, distrustful, indefinite, leery, loth, reluctant, shaky, chancy, diffident, fly-by-night, indecisive, mistrustful, questioning, skeptical, trustless, unassured, unsavory, unsavoury, untrusty, in a dilemma, in a quandary, in doubt, in two minds, touch-and-go, on the horns of a dilemma, suspicious … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “She had been unaware, until that stove-lit moment of certainty, that she had ever been dubious about the project.”
      “When asked about the role of religion and the state, he offers a dubious answer.”
      “Even if the dubious claim that the word honor is falling into disuse were true, it would no more follow that its referent is losing its importance.”
doubtable
  1. (uncommon) Capable of being doubted; doubtful; dubious; dubitable. See usage notes below.
  2. (obsolete) Fearsome; redoubtable.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. questionable, debatable, dubious, doubtful, disputable, dubitable, suspect, equivocal, suspicious, dodgy, shady, fishy, problematical, problematic, queer, shaky, uncertain, iffy, arguable, untrustworthy, unclear, unsure, flimsy, unlikely, improbable, moot, open to doubt, far-fetched, indecisive, unreliable, undependable, unsettled, implausible, shonky, open to question, under suspicion, not kosher, weak, unsound, unsubstantiated, controversial, tenuous, contentious, unsupported, borderline, chancy, controvertible, funny, odd, open … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Her doubt in his capabilities made him doubt if he was doubtable or not.”
      “The evidence presented in court was doubtable, as it lacked credibility and raised many doubts among the jury.”
      “What is doubtable, or at least unproven, is the capacity of modern humans to choose, make, and maintain such an economy.”
dubitable
  1. Capable of being doubted; susceptible of being questioned.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. questionable, debatable, dubious, doubtful, disputable, equivocal, doubtable, suspect, uncertain, dodgy, suspicious, problematic, arguable, iffy, fishy, problematical, shady, unsure, shaky, unclear, queer, controversial, contentious, indecisive, borderline, indeterminate, inconclusive, chancy, clouded, in doubt, open to debate, open to question, open to doubt, in question, moot, ambiguous, unsettled, unreliable, untrustworthy, open, indefinite, flimsy, undecided, undependable, controvertible, up in the air, unresolved, vague, unconfirmed, disputed … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The investigator determines whether a proposition is dubitable by attempting to construct a possible scenario under which it is false.”
      “Thus it wasn't long before we began to hear dubitable dons mouth palpable absurdities.”
      “But on the other hand if councils choose to use dubitable methods to make money for themselves, no serious investors will be forthcoming.”
doubtsome
  1. Characterised or marked by doubt; doubtful
doubtworthy
  1. Worthy of doubt; uncertain.
dubitative
  1. Tending to doubt; doubtful.
  2. Examples:
      3. “His look, it seemed to Mainwaring, appeared to be dubitative as to how far he dared to be frank.”
      “The particle ba, has not signification, but serves to point out the interrogative and dubitative sentences.”
      “The Thyssen exhibition introduces a mature yet dubitative genius, calm and restless, conciliatory and fighting: a living artist, in short.”
doubtfull
  1. Archaic form of doubtful.
  2. Examples:
      3. “To conclude on social commerce, I'm still doubtfull with a total social commerce era as defined by Jeremiah.”
      “The doubtfull wordes wherof they scan and canuas to and fro.”
      “In this life are they cruciate with a troublous and doubtfull conscience.”
doubtous
  1. (obsolete) doubtful
doubtfuller
  1. comparative form of doubtful: more doubtful
doubted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of doubt
  2. Synonyms:
      3. distrusted, mistrusted, suspected, disbelieved, misdoubted, discredited, misgave, misgiven, scrupled over, skepticized, felt apprehensive about, felt uneasy about, had suspicions about, cast doubt on, harbored suspicion, had qualms, had reservations, had reservations about, lacked confidence in, not bought, disbelieved in, gave no credence, given no credence, had doubts about, had misgivings about, not believed, smelt a rat, smelled a rat, had no confidence in, had no faith in, regarded with suspicion, questioned, challenged, disputed, contested, queried, debated, called in question, called into question, expressed concern, hesitated, wavered, vacillated, dithered, swayed, faltered, fluctuated, havered, oscillated, shilly-shallied … more
doubting
  1. present participle of doubt
  2. Synonyms:
      3. distrusting, mistrusting, suspecting, disbelieving, misdoubting, discrediting, misgiving, scrupling over, skepticizing, feeling apprehensive about, feeling uneasy about, having suspicions about, casting doubt on, harboring suspicion, having qualms, having reservations, having reservations about, lacking confidence in, not buying, disbelieving in, giving no credence, having doubts about, having misgivings about, not believing, smelling a rat, having no confidence in, having no faith in, regarding with suspicion, questioning, challenging, disputing, contesting, querying, debating, calling in question, calling into question, expressing concern, hesitating, wavering, vacillating, dithering, swaying, faltering, fluctuating, havering, oscillating, shilly-shallying, demurring, swithering, having doubts … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Like all anonymously sourced articles, this piece should be met with a barrage of doubting questions.”
dubitated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of dubitate
dubitating
  1. present participle of dubitate
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