sceptical

[ skep-ti-kuhl ]

adjective

1. skeptical.

sceptical

/ ˈskɛptɪkəl /

adjective

1. not convinced that something is true; doubtful
2. tending to mistrust people, ideas, etc, in general
3. of or relating to sceptics; sceptic

Derived Forms

• ˈsceptically, adverb

Other Words From

• anti·scepti·cal adjective
• hyper·scepti·cal adjective
• hyper·scepti·cal·ly adverb
• hyper·scepti·cal·ness noun
• over·scepti·cal adjective
• over·scepti·cal·ly adverb
• over·scepti·cal·ness noun
• un·scepti·cal adjective
• un·scepti·cal·ly adverb

Example Sentences

“It depends whether you think Jet Zero is… genuinely a target and they mean to achieve it. I'm really sceptical about the second.”

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Henry Hill of the ConservativeHome website is sceptical that any government will ever be able to successfully take on all those with a vested interest in preserving leasehold.

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I am, personally, sceptical of the idea of politics being a horse race - I've read too many confident predictions about the state of it that proved to be a nonsense.

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John Prescott, who has died aged 86, was a figurehead of New Labour, who was also instinctively sceptical of some of its instincts.

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She is highly sceptical that a deal with Vladimir Putin is possible - and that ultimately his aim is to subjugate Russia’s southern neighbour.

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