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[ skep-ti-kuhl ] / ˈskɛp tɪ kəl /
OTHER WORDS FROM scepticalan·ti·scep·ti·cal, adjectivehy·per·scep·ti·cal, adjectivehy·per·scep·ti·cal·ly, adverbhy·per·scep·ti·cal·ness, noun o·ver·scep·ti·cal, adjectiveo·ver·scep·ti·cal·ly, adverbo·ver·scep·ti·cal·ness, nounun·scep·ti·cal, adjectiveun·scep·ti·cal·ly, adverb Words nearby scepticalscented orchid, scent gland, scent mark, scepter, sceptic, sceptical, scepticism, sceptre, scf, scfh, scfm Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for scepticalStill, she is sceptical of attempts to take the bite out of the gender equality movement. Laurie Penny’s In-Your-Face Feminism|Rachel Hills|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST He had apparently been counseled by sceptical teammates that paying into the system at his advanced age would be foolish. Havana Bids Adios to Conrado Marrero, MLB’s Oldest Player|Peter C. Bjarkman|April 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Both men were sceptical of the signal, but reacted differently. The Spy Who Saved The World—Then Tried To Destroy It|Jeremy Duns|November 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST The operator, instructed by the captain, sceptical soul, refused the friendly suggestion. The Fleets Behind the Fleet|W. MacNeile (William MacNeile) Dixon
She followed Amy to the landing outside, leaving Mrs Laker, glaring in sceptical amazement, in the middle of the room. The Lifeboat|R.M. Ballantyne Formerly I used to listen to report with interest and a certain credulity; I am now grown deaf and sceptical. Charlotte Bronte and Her Circle|Clement K. Shorter A man must be sceptical indeed to contest the existence of those stones, and of the house in question. Toilers of the Sea|Victor Hugo No word of censure, however wide of the mark, has been unwelcome to him, whether from the sceptical or orthodox press. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology|John F. Hurst
British Dictionary definitions for scepticalscepticalarchaic, US skeptical
adjectivenot convinced that something is true; doubtful tending to mistrust people, ideas, etc, in general of or relating to sceptics; sceptic Derived forms of scepticalsceptically or archaic, US skeptically, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |