Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Marked by or given to doubt; questioning: a skeptical attitude; skeptical of political promises.
- adj. Relating to or characteristic of skeptics or skepticism.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to, characteristic of, or upholding the method of philosophical skepticism or universal doubt; imbued with or marked by a disposition to question the possibility of real knowledge.
- Disbelieving; mistrustful; doubting: as, a skeptical smile.
Wiktionary
- adj. Having, or expressing doubt; questioning.
- adj. Of or relating to skepticism or the skeptics.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. marked by or given to doubt
- adj. denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion
Examples
“The issue is the flagrant abuse of the term skeptical as used by someone with a highly selective and prejudiced opinion, as coupled with an inherent mistrust of a majority”
“In the true self-critical spirit of the United States (remember that from before election 2000?), she was exercising what she termed skeptical patriotism, as contrasted, for instance, with complacency with the way things are and unquestioning trust in the authorities in charge.”
“Herzog at "Left2Right" has what he calls a skeptical challenge.”
“While I remain skeptical about the effects of lead ammo used in grouse, deer, elk, etc., if it is ever proved that the lead from my guns is hurting any species, swans, raptors, buzzards, etc.,”
“Being the slightest bit skeptical is a good thing.”
“(CNN) – House Democratic leaders and some members of the conservative Blue Dog Coalition might be happy with a deal that allows health care reform legislation to move forward, but some of their fellow Democrats remain skeptical and others openly reject the proposal.”
“I remain skeptical that there is no way that the states could not take advantage of the federal money, but I am not prepared to dismiss the purported concerns of the governors and call them liars.”
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“Critics might remain skeptical of Ohio State, but Pryor leads a rebuilt Buckeyes team with all new faces from the teams that lost to Florida, LSU, Southern Cal (twice) and Texas in a three-year span.”
“Others, such as PC Magazine's Lance Ulanoff, remain skeptical about Google's ability to surmount numerous obstacles, not the least of which is sure to be Microsoft's relentless counterpunching.”
“I remain skeptical of Washington DC's attitude toward the Second Amendment and gun owners.”
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All my favourite words that I come across!
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Wharton, Edith. Age of Innocence. 1920
A list of difficult words for L2-12 learners.
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Miss Sunshine
she's such a joy.
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Redundant.
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Daily Vocab List
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amy's GRE 2012
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Idk, I like these words.
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