doubted
/ˈdaʊtɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Considered doubtful; not trusted; uncertain.
verb
simple past and past participle of doubt
Example Sentences
- "And now for the Statue or Image of Christ, if it be worshipped towards with such a religious look and devout cast of the eyes as before, significative of the highest veneration that is due to God, or can by us be given to him, it is apparent that this exteriour ritual worship is done to this Image also; nor can be any more doubted, than if kissing of this Image were the Ritual performance and it were kissed , that this Image was the Object of the kissing with all the exteriour devotionalness used therein: and that therefore this Image thus adopted, though but relatively, partakes of divine worship."
- "But I have heard sundry men say That he was the most doubted man, That in Carrick was living than."
- "Except on a marginal scale, it is very doubted as to whether the redistributive aspect will be achieved if extensive recourse is made on taxation on the experience of the past in this country and on other grounds."
Inflected Forms
more doubted (comparative)
most doubted (superlative)