undoubting

C2 Topic:Mind & Cognition
US /ʌnˈdaʊtɪŋ/ UK /ʌnˈdaʊtɪŋ/
adj Freq #602162

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    feeling or showing no doubt; completely confident or unquestioning

    His undoubting acceptance of the claim left him unprepared for serious objections.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · feeling or showing no... certainconfidentunquestioningassured
More unskeptical
Word family
Forms undoubtingly
Derived forms undoubtinglyundoubtingness

Etymology

Formed from un-, 'not,' + doubting, the present participle of doubt. Doubt came through Old French douter from Latin dubitare, 'waver in opinion.' Undoubting may praise firm confidence or criticize an unquestioning absence of skepticism.

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