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Synonyms for doubter

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dout
Phonetic Transcription : daÊŠt

Définition of doubter

Origin :
  • early 13c., "to dread, fear," from Old French doter "doubt, be doubtful; be afraid," from Latin dubitare "to doubt, question, hesitate, waver in opinion" (related to dubius "uncertain;" see dubious), originally "to have to choose between two things."
  • The sense of "fear" developed in Old French and was passed on to English. Meaning "to be uncertain" is attested in English from c.1300. The -b- was restored 14c. by scribes in imitation of Latin. Replaced Old English tweogan (noun twynung), from tweon "two," on notion of "of two minds" or the choice of two implied in Latin dubitare (cf. German Zweifel "doubt," from zwei "two").
  • noun person who does not believe
Example sentences :
  • A doubter disappeared one day from the cloister, and no one ever knew what became of him.
  • Extract from : « Legends of the Rhine » by Wilhelm Ruland
  • It ought to be published together with a prcis of the doubter's answers, which were verbal.
  • Extract from : « Allan's Wife » by H. Rider Haggard
  • But I'm a doubter, and a mocker, and a failure, and Phillida knows it.
  • Extract from : « The Faith Doctor » by Edward Eggleston
  • A tube and a hole in the floor, may be; its well done, though, said the doubter.
  • Extract from : « Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 » by Various
  • Again, the Church is justified in cautioning the doubter not to be proud of his doubt as a doubt.
  • Extract from : « The Arena » by Various
  • But when the doubter is sure of this, then let him no longer silence his highest thoughts.
  • Extract from : « The Arena » by Various
  • No sceptic, no doubter, could have gone forth as I did into that unknown of gloom and fear.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of the Sea » by Bram Stoker
  • The psalmist reveals the ideal experience for every doubter.
  • Extract from : « The Meaning of Faith » by Harry Emerson Fosdick
  • In the face of the doubter Lechworthy felt that he himself must show no doubt.
  • Extract from : « The Exiles of Faloo » by Barry Pain
  • There comes in doubt: Why do men hate and despise the doubter?
  • Extract from : « The Growth of a Soul » by August Strindberg

Antonyms for doubter

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