reluctance to believe

reluctance to believe
index cloud (suspicion), doubt (suspicion), incredulity

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006

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  • 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

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  • incredulity — I noun amazement, denial, disbelief, discredit, distrust, distrustfulness, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, faithlessness, inability to accept, inability to believe, inconvincability, incredulousness, indisposition to admit,… …   Law dictionary

  • Lie — For other uses, see Lie (disambiguation) A lie (also called prevarication, falsehood) is a type of deception in the form of an untruthful statement, especially with the intention to deceive others. To lie is to state something with disregard to… …   Wikipedia

  • unbelief — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. disbelief, doubt, skepticism, incredulity, uncertainty, agnosticism; see also doubt 1 , uncertainty 1 . Syn. unbelief implies merely a lack of belief, as because of insufficient evidence, esp. in matters of religion or… …   English dictionary for students

  • doubtful — doubt•ful [[t]ˈdaʊt fəl[/t]] adj. 1) of uncertain outcome 2) admitting of or causing doubt; uncertain 3) unsettled in opinion or belief; undecided; hesitant 4) cvb of dubious character or value: doubtful tactics[/ex] 5) unlikely; not probable •… …   From formal English to slang

  • cloud — I (incumbrance) noun burden, charge, claim, claim on property, commitment, debt, hold on property, hypothecation, indebtedness, indebtment, liability, mortgage, obligation, obstruction, outstanding debt, pignus judiciale, pignus legale, pledge,… …   Law dictionary

  • incredulity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of belief Nouns 1. incredulity, incredulousness, skepticism; want of faith (see irreligion); doubt, distrust, suspicion, suspiciousness, scrupulosity, unbelief, disbelief; sophistication,… …   English dictionary for students

  • Llanddewi Brefi — (IPA| [ɬan ðɛwi brɛvi] ) is a village of approximately 500 people in Ceredigion, Wales. In the 6th century Saint David (in Welsh, Dewi Sant ), the patron saint of Wales, held the Synod of Brefi here and it has borne his name since; Llan referring …   Wikipedia

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