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Adjective questioning has 3 senses
- questioning, quizzical - perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know); "he had a quizzical expression"
Antonym: unperplexed (indirect, via perplexed)
- doubting, questioning, skeptical, sceptical - marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a skeptical listener"
Antonyms: trustful, trusting (indirect, via distrustful)
- inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering - showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow"
Antonym: incurious (indirect, via curious)
Noun questioning has 1 sense
- questioning, inquiring - a request for information
--1 is a kind of request, asking
--1 has particulars:
Verb question has 5 senses
- question, oppugn, call into question - challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; "We must question your judgment in this matter"
--1 is one way to challenge
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- interrogate, question - pose a series of questions to; "The suspect was questioned by the police"; "We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion"
--2 is one way to ask
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- question, query - pose a question
--3 is one way to ask
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
- interview, question - conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
--4 is one way to converse, discourse
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot question Sue
- wonder, question - place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight"
--5 is one way to chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
Sample sentence:
They question whether there was a traffic accident
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