questioning
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a request for information
Types & categories
- asking hypernym
- challenge hyponym
- enquiry hyponym
- interrogatory hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)
he had a quizzical expression
Related & opposite
- perplexed similar to
Sense 3 adjective
marked by or given to doubt
a skeptical attitude
Related & opposite
- incredulity derivation
- scepticism derivation
- doubter derivation
- distrustful similar to
Sense 4 adjective
showing curiosity
if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive
Related & opposite
- curiousness derivation
- muse derivation
- wonder derivation
- curious similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inquire |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | query |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | enquire |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | question |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | asking |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | challenge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | enquiry |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | interrogatory |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | perplexed |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | incredulity |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scepticism |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | doubter |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | distrustful |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | curiousness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | muse |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | wonder |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | curious |