Unbelief
Unbelief
#485. Unbelief. Doubt. -- N. unbelief, disbelief, misbelief; discredit,
miscreance[obs]; infidelity &c. (irreligion) 989[obs]; dissent &c. 489;
change of opinion &c. 484; retraction &c. 607.
- doubt &c. (uncertainty) 475; skepticism, scepticism, misgiving,
demure; distrust, mistrust, cynicism; misdoubt[obs], suspicion, jealousy,
scruple, qualm; onus probandi[Lat].
- incredibility, incredibleness; incredulity.
- [person who doubts] doubter, skeptic, cynic.; unbeliever &c. 487.
- V. disbelieve, discredit; not believe &c. 484; misbelieve[obs];
refuse to admit &c. (dissent) 489; refuse to believe &c. (incredulity) 487.
- doubt; be doubtful &c. (uncertain) 475; doubt the truth of; be
skeptical as to &c. adj.; diffide|; distrust, mistrust; suspect, smoke,
scent, smell a rat; have doubts, harbor doubts, entertain doubts,
suspicions; have one's doubts.
- demure, stick at, pause, hesitate, scruple; stop to consider, waver.
- hang in suspense, hang in doubt.
- throw doubt upon, raise a question; bring in, call in question;
question, challenge, dispute; deny &c. 536; cavil; cause a doubt, raise a
doubt, start a doubt, suggest a doubt, awake a doubt, make suspicion;
ergotize[obs].
- startle, stagger; shake one's faith, shake one's belief, stagger one's
faith, stagger one's belief.
- Adj. unbelieving; skeptical, sceptical.
- [transitive] incredulous as to, skeptical as to; distrustful as to,
shy as to, suspicious of; doubting &c. v.
- doubtful &c. (uncertain) 475; disputable; unworthy of, undeserving of
belief &c. 484; questionable; suspect, suspicious; open to suspicion, open
to doubt; staggering, hard to believe, incredible, unbelievable, not to be
believed, inconceivable; impossible &c. 471.
- fallible &c. (uncertain) 475; undemonstrable; controvertible &c.
(untrue) 495.
- Adv. cum grano salis[Latin: with a grain of salt]; with grains of
allowance.
- Phr. fronti nulla fides[Lat]; nimium ne crede colori [Lat][Vergil];
"timeo Danaos et dona ferentes" [Latin: I fear the Greeks even when
bearing gifts][Vergil], beware of Greeks bearing gifts; credat Judaeus
Apella [Lat][Horace]; let those believe who may; ad tristem partem stenua
est suspicio [Lat][Syrus].