Sceptical — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

marked by or given to doubt

denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/skˈɛptɪkəl/

🇬🇧British English

/skˈɛptɪkəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/skˈɛptɪkəl/

3 syllables Say it as /skˈɛptɪkəl/.

Examples

a skeptical attitude
a skeptical listener
a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

disbelieving questioning skeptical doubting unbelieving

Parts of Speech

adjective	marked by or given to doubt “a skeptical attitude”
adjective	denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion “a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles”

Word Forms

skeptic	noun	someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs
skepticism	noun	the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge
scepticism	noun	the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge
sceptic	noun	someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

skeptisch

von Zweifeln geprägt oder dem Zweifel überlassen

🇫🇷French

sceptique

marqué par ou donné au doute

🇪🇸Spanish

escéptico

marcado o dado a la duda

🇮🇹Italian

scettico

segnato o dato al dubbio

🇳🇱Dutch

sceptisch

gekenmerkt door of aan twijfel onderhevig

🇵🇹Portuguese

cético

marcado por ou dado à dúvida

🇷🇺Russian

скептически настроенный

отмеченный или подвергнутый сомнению

India

🇮🇳Hindi

उलझन में

संदेह द्वारा चिह्नित या दिया गया

🇧🇩Bengali

সন্দেহপ্রবণ

দ্বারা চিহ্নিত বা সন্দেহ দেওয়া

🇮🇳Tamil

சந்தேகம்

குறிக்கப்பட்டது அல்லது சந்தேகத்திற்குரியது

🇮🇳Telugu

సందేహాస్పదమైన

గుర్తించబడింది లేదా సందేహానికి ఇవ్వబడింది

🇮🇳Marathi

संशयवादी

द्वारे चिन्हांकित किंवा शंका दिली

🇮🇳Gujarati

શંકાસ્પદ

દ્વારા ચિહ્નિત અથવા શંકા માટે આપવામાં આવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಂಶಯಾಸ್ಪದ

ಗುರುತಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ ಅಥವಾ ಅನುಮಾನಕ್ಕೆ ನೀಡಲಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സംശയാസ്പദമായ

അടയാളപ്പെടുത്തിയത് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ സംശയത്തിന് നൽകിയത്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸ਼ੱਕੀ

ਦੁਆਰਾ ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹਿਤ ਜਾਂ ਸ਼ੱਕ ਨੂੰ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਗਿਆ

🇵🇰Urdu

شکی

نشان زد یا شک کے لیے دیا گیا۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

持怀疑态度的

被标记或被怀疑

🇯🇵Japanese

懐疑的

疑いによってマークされる、または疑いを与えられる

🇰🇷Korean

의심 많은

의심스러운 것으로 표시되거나 부여됨

🇻🇳Vietnamese

hoài nghi

được đánh dấu bởi hoặc bị nghi ngờ

🇹🇭Thai

ไม่เชื่อ

ทำเครื่องหมายหรือตั้งข้อสงสัย

🇮🇩Indonesian

skeptis

ditandai oleh atau diberikan keraguan

🇵🇭Filipino

may pag-aalinlangan

minarkahan ng o ibinigay sa pagdududa

🇲🇾Malay

skeptikal

ditandai dengan atau diberikan kepada keraguan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

متشكك

ملحوظ أو نظرا للشك

🇮🇷Persian

مشکوک

با شک مشخص شده یا به آن داده شده است

🇹🇷Turkish

şüpheci

tarafından işaretlenmiş veya şüphe verilmiş

🇮🇱Hebrew

סקֶפְּטִי

מסומן על ידי או נתון לספק

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