Word Meanings - DUBITATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Act of doubting; doubt. Sir T. Scott.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DUBITATION)

• Doubt
• Dubiousness
• dubitation
• scruple
• hesitation
• suspense
• distrust
• suspicion
• perplexity
• uncertainty
• ambiguity
• difficulty
• indecision
• Quandary
• Hobble
• doubt
• puzzle
• bewilderment
• baiting
• dilemma
• embarrassment

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DUBITATION)

• Decide
• determine
• resolve
• assent
• Enlighten
• instruct
• illumine

Related words: (words related to DUBITATION)

• PUZZLEMENT
  The state of being puzzled; perplexity. Miss Mitford.
• PUZZLE
  1. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making. 2. The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.
• ASSENTATORY
  Flattering; obsequious. -- As*sent"a*to*ri*ly, adv.
• DUBIOUSNESS
  State of being dubious.
• DILEMMA
  An argument which presents an antagonist with two or more alternatives, but is equally conclusive against him, whichever alternative he chooses. Note: The following are instances of the dilemma. A young rhetorician applied to an old sophist to be
• PUZZLEDOM
  The domain of puzzles; puzzles, collectively. C. Kingsley.
• INSTRUCTRESS
  A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson.
• HESITATION
  1. The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation. 2. A faltering in speech; stammering. Swift.
• ASSENTER
  One who assents.
• ILLUMINER
  One who, or that which, illuminates.
• DISTRUSTLESS
  Free from distrust. Shenstone.
• SCRUPLE
  twenty-fourth part of an ounce, a scruple, uneasiness, doubt, dim. of scrupus a rough or sharp stone, anxiety, uneasiness; perh. akin to 1. A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram. 2. Hence, a very small quantity; a particle. I will
• DOUBTFULLY
  In a doubtful manner. Nor did the goddess doubtfully declare. Dryden.
• DUBITATION
  Act of doubting; doubt. Sir T. Scott.
• DECIDER
  One who decides.
• DECIDEMENT
  Means of forming a decision. Beau. & Fl.
• UNCERTAINTY
  1. The quality or state of being uncertain. 2. That which is uncertain; something unknown. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. L'Estrange.
• RESOLVENT
  Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent.
• QUANDARY
  A state of difficulty or perplexity; doubt; uncertainty. (more info) adversity, perplexity, Icel. wandræedhi difficulty, trouble, fr.
• BAIT
  1. Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net. 2. Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation. Fairfax. 3. A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken
• PREINSTRUCT
  To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More.
• REDOUBTABLE
  Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero;