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skeptical

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skep·ti·cal also scep·ti·cal  (skpt-kl)
adj.
1. Marked by or given to doubt; questioning: a skeptical attitude; skeptical of political promises.
2. Relating to or characteristic of skeptics or skepticism.
skepti·cal·ly adv.
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Adj.1.skeptical - denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religionskeptical - denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion; "a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles"
disbelieving, sceptical, unbelieving
incredulous - not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
2.skeptical - marked by or given to doubtskeptical - marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a skeptical listener"
doubting, sceptical, questioning
distrustful - having or showing distrust; "a man of distrustful nature"; "my experience...in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally"- B.N.Cardozo; "vigilant and distrustful superintendence"- Thomas Jefferson
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