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单词 skeptically
释义

skeptical

adjective

skep·​ti·​cal ˈskep-ti-kəl How to pronounce skeptical (audio)
: relating to, characteristic of, or marked by skepticism
a skeptical listener
skeptically
ˈskep-ti-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce skeptical (audio)
adverb

Synonyms

  • disbelieving
  • distrustful
  • doubting
  • incredulous
  • mistrustful
  • negativistic
  • questioning
  • show-me
  • suspecting
  • suspicious
  • unbelieving
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Example Sentences

She's highly skeptical of the researchers' claims. He says he can win, but I remain skeptical. When I said I'd finished my homework early, Mom looked skeptical.
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Word History

First Known Use

1639, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

skeptical

adjective

skep·​ti·​cal ˈskep-ti-kəl How to pronounce skeptical (audio)
: having or showing doubt
He thinks he'll make money, but I'm skeptical.

skeptically

adverb

as in suspiciously
with distrust the researchers' findings should be received skeptically until they can be replicated by other scientists

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • suspiciously
  • warily
  • doubtfully
  • askance
  • dubiously
  • anxiously
  • distrustfully
  • incredulously
  • sideways
  • negatively
  • hesitantly
  • doubtingly
  • critically
  • quizzically
  • askant
  • questioningly
  • mistrustfully
  • hesitatingly
  • guardedly
  • unbelievingly
  • with a grain of salt
  • uncomfortably
  • cynically
  • apprehensively
  • disapprovingly
  • uneasily
  • reproachfully
  • disparagingly
  • reprovingly
  • unfavorably
  • charily
  • deprecatingly
  • captiously
  • reproachingly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • approvingly
  • favorably
  • positively
  • confidently
  • trustingly
  • uncritically
  • trustfully
  • unquestioningly
  • credulously
  • sanguinely
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