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sceptical
[skep-ti-kuhl]
sceptical
/ ˲õ°ģÉ±č³ŁÉŖ°ģɱō /
adjective
not convinced that something is true; doubtful
tending to mistrust people, ideas, etc, in general
of or relating to sceptics; sceptic
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- antisceptical adjective
- hypersceptical adjective
- hypersceptically adverb
- hyperscepticalness noun
- oversceptical adjective
- oversceptically adverb
- overscepticalness noun
- unsceptical adjective
- unsceptically adverb
- sceptically adverb
Example Sentences
But Christian Carrier, the president of the regional beekeepers' union, was sceptical.
Kennedy's panel choices have also sparked criticism from Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, a physician who was sceptical of voting to confirm Kennedy as health secretary because of his stances on vaccines.
I'm sceptical when she tells me to hold a raisin and look, feel, smell, listen and - eventually - put it in my mouth.
There is the practicality, "people in Whitehall will be very sceptical if thinking bombing Iran will yield any better outcome", one former diplomat said.
But won't some people be sceptical about the link between funding oracy programmes for young children and preventing a young teenager from picking up a knife?
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