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greet — [ grit ] verb transitive ** 1. ) to behave in a polite or friendly way toward someone when you meet them: Natalie rushed to open the door and greet the guests. greet someone with a smile/kiss: The women greet each other with kisses on both cheeks … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
take with a grain of salt — Synonyms and related words: admit, admit exceptions, allow, allow for, awake a doubt, be diffident, be doubtful, be dubious, be skeptical, be uncertain, call in question, challenge, concede, consider, consider the circumstances, consider the… … Moby Thesaurus
doubt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Indecision Nouns 1. doubt, dubiousness, dubiety; unbelief, skepticism, pyrrhonism, disbelief; agnosticism, irreligion; incredulity, discredit; credibility gap, image spill. See improbability, dejection.… … English dictionary for students
question — Synonyms and related words: Chinese puzzle, Parthian shot, Pyrrhonism, absurd, address, affirmation, agonize over, allegation, answer, apostrophe, apprehension, approach, ask, ask a question, ask about, ask questions, assertion, assuredly, at… … Moby Thesaurus
distrust — Synonyms and related words: Pyrrhonism, apprehension, awake a doubt, be diffident, be doubtful, be dubious, be possessive, be skeptical, be uncertain, cageyness, call in question, caution, challenge, chariness, contest, diffidence, disbelief,… … Moby Thesaurus
doubt — Synonyms and related words: Humism, Pyrrhonism, agnosticism, agonize over, all overs, anxiety, apprehension, apprehensiveness, awake a doubt, be at sea, be diffident, be doubtful, be dubious, be possessive, be skeptical, be uncertain, beat about … Moby Thesaurus
mistrust — Synonyms and related words: Pyrrhonism, apprehension, apprehensiveness, awake a doubt, be diffident, be doubtful, be dubious, be possessive, be skeptical, be uncertain, beware, cageyness, call in question, challenge, chariness, contest,… … Moby Thesaurus
scruple — Synonyms and related words: Pyrrhonism, ace, apprehension, atom, awake a doubt, back down, balance, balk, balk at, bashfulness, be diffident, be doubtful, be dubious, be skeptical, be uncertain, beef, better self, bit, bitch, blench, boggle,… … Moby Thesaurus
query — Synonyms and related words: ask, ask a question, ask about, ask questions, awake a doubt, be curious, be diffident, be doubtful, be dubious, be skeptical, be uncertain, bone of contention, bring into question, burn with curiosity, call in… … Moby Thesaurus
doubt — I (indecision) noun ambiguity, anxiety, apprehension, apprehensiveness, confusion, dubitatio, dubito, faltering, feeling of uncertainty, hesitancy, improbability, inability to decide, incertitude, indefiniteness, indeterminateness,… … Law dictionary
