incertitude
noun
in·cer·ti·tude (ˌ)in-ˈsər-tə-ˌtüd 
-ˌtyüd
: uncertainty:
a
: absence of assurance or confidence : doubt
b
: the quality or state of being unstable or insecure
Synonyms
- distrust
- distrustfulness
- doubt
- dubiety
- dubitation [archaic]
- misdoubt
- misgiving
- mistrust
- mistrustfulness
- query
- reservation
- skepticism
- suspicion
- uncertainty
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
a growing incertitude about the honesty of the housekeeper they had just hired
Recent Examples on the Web And yet the actor spent much of a recent conversation candidly admitting to ambivalence and incertitude. 
New York Times, 27 May 2021 In an offseason of inactivity and incertitude, Bloom’s marquee move will be hiring a new manager. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Jan. 2020 But underneath the skepticism, something else nagged at me: the sense that my incertitude was a metastasis of our jittery, gaslit world, where baseline reality is increasingly in dispute. New York Times, 27 Aug. 2019 The difficulty for me in pinning the city down geographically is reflected in a broader ideological incertitude; a current questioning of the state’s identity and place. Marley Marius, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2018 Like him, these TPS recipients will now how to live in incertitude. Fabienne Josaphat, Teen Vogue, 11 Dec. 2017
New York Times, 27 May 2021 In an offseason of inactivity and incertitude, Bloom’s marquee move will be hiring a new manager. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Jan. 2020 But underneath the skepticism, something else nagged at me: the sense that my incertitude was a metastasis of our jittery, gaslit world, where baseline reality is increasingly in dispute. New York Times, 27 Aug. 2019 The difficulty for me in pinning the city down geographically is reflected in a broader ideological incertitude; a current questioning of the state’s identity and place. Marley Marius, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2018 Like him, these TPS recipients will now how to live in incertitude. Fabienne Josaphat, Teen Vogue, 11 Dec. 2017 Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin incertitudo, from Latin in- + Late Latin certitudo certitude
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
incertitude
noun
as in uncertainty
a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something a growing incertitude about the honesty of the housekeeper they had just hired Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- uncertainty
- doubt
- skepticism
- suspicion
- distrust
- disbelief
- mistrust
- dubiety
- concern
- distrustfulness
- mistrustfulness
- query
- reservation
- misgiving
- misdoubt
- dubitation
- incredulity
- anxiety
- paranoia
- wariness
- unbelief
- tremor
- compunction
- qualm
- scruple
- niggle
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- conviction
- certainty
- belief
- assurance
- confidence
- trust
- certitude
- surety
- sureness
- faith
- credence
- burns off
- burns one's ears
- burns out
- burns stanza
- burns through
- burns up
- burnsian
- Burnside
- burnsides
- Burnsville
- burnt
- burnt almond
- burnt alum
- burnt away
- burnt brass
- burnt carmine
- burnt crimson lake
- burnt down
- burnt in
- burnt iron
- burnt italian earth
- burnt italian ocher
- burnt lake
- burnt lime
- burnt ocher