sceptical

[ skep-ti-kuhl ]

adjective

Other words from sceptical

  • an·ti·scep·ti·cal, adjective
  • hy·per·scep·ti·cal, adjective
  • hy·per·scep·ti·cal·ly, adverb
  • hy·per·scep·ti·cal·ness, noun
  • o·ver·scep·ti·cal, adjective
  • o·ver·scep·ti·cal·ly, adverb
  • o·ver·scep·ti·cal·ness, noun
  • un·scep·ti·cal, adjective
  • un·scep·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Words Nearby sceptical

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How to use sceptical in a sentence

  • His judgment was always somewhat sceptical; his need of independence remarkable.

  • Happily, at that time, Niebuhr was unknown, and sceptical criticism had not begun its deadly work.

    East Anglia | J. Ewing Ritchie
  • He attributed the book to a dead man, who had been known to entertain sceptical views.

    Letters To Eugenia | Paul Henri Thiry Holbach
  • Barry was quite pained at this sceptical attitude in one whom he was going out of his way to assist.

    The Gold Bat | P. G. Wodehouse
  • But of the supernatural conception of Mary and of her impregnation by a deity we are intensely sceptical.

British Dictionary definitions for sceptical

sceptical

archaic, US skeptical

/ (ˈskɛptɪkəl) /


adjective
  1. not convinced that something is true; doubtful

  2. tending to mistrust people, ideas, etc, in general

  1. of or relating to sceptics; sceptic

Derived forms of sceptical

  • sceptically or archaic, US skeptically, adverb

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