NOUN | communication | questioning, inquiring | a request for information |
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ADJECTIVE | all | questioning, quizzical | perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know) |
all | questioning, doubting, skeptical, sceptical | marked by or given to doubt | |
all | questioning, inquisitive, speculative, wondering | showing curiosity |
Sounds | kweh'schahnihng | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know). | |
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Synonym | quizzical | |
Broader | perplexed | Full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment |
Spanish | inquisitivo, interrogativo | |
Adverbs | questioningly | in a quizzical and questioning manner |
Meaning | marked by or given to doubt. | |
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Synonyms | doubting, skeptical, sceptical | |
Broader | distrustful | Having or showing distrust |
Spanish | escéptico | |
Catalan | escèptic |
Meaning | showing curiosity. | |
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Synonyms | inquisitive, speculative, wondering | |
Broader | curious | eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns) |
Spanish | inquisitivo, interrogativo | |
Adverbs | questioningly | in a curious and questioning manner |
Meaning | A request for information. | |
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Synonym | inquiring | |
Narrower | challenge | Questioning a statement and demanding an explanation |
interrogation, examination, interrogatory | formal systematic questioning | |
question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation | An instance of questioning | |
Broader | request, asking | The verbal / verbal / verbal act of requesting / requesting / requesting |
Spanish | interrogatorio, preguntas | |
Catalan | interrogatori, preguntes | |
Verbs | question | pose a question |
question | pose a series of questions to |
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