Associations to the word «Sceptical»

Wiktionary

SCEPTICAL, adjective. UK standard spelling of skeptical.

Dictionary definition

SCEPTICAL, adjective. Marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a skeptical listener".
SCEPTICAL, adjective. Denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion; "a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats