N. unbelief, disbelief, misbelief, discredit,
miscreance,
infidelity,
dissent, change of opinion, retraction, doubt,
skepticism,
scepticism, misgiving,
demure, distrust, mistrust,
cynicism, misdoubt, suspicion, jealousy,
scruple,
qualm, onus probandi,
incredibility,
incredibleness,
incredulity, doubter,
skeptic,
cynic, unbeliever
V. disbelieve, discredit, not believe, misbelieve, refuse to admit, refuse to believe, doubt, be doubtful, doubt the truth of, be skeptical as to, 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,
cavil, cause a doubt, raise a doubt, start a doubt, suggest a doubt, awake a doubt, make suspicion, ergotize,
startle,
stagger, shake one's faith, shake one's belief, stagger one's faith, stagger one's belief
Adj. unbelieving,
skeptical,
sceptical, incredulous as to, skeptical as to, distrustful as to, shy as to, suspicious of, doubting, doubtful, disputable, unworthy of, undeserving of belief, questionable,
suspect,
suspicious, open to suspicion, open to doubt,
staggering, hard to believe,
incredible, unbelievable, not to be believed, inconceivable, impossible, fallible,
undemonstrable,
controvertible Adv. cum grano salis, with grains of allowance
Phr. fronti nulla fides, nimium ne crede colori, "timeo danaos et dona ferentes", beware of greeks bearing gifts, credat judaeus apella, let those believe who may, ad tristem partem stenua est suspicio
N. dissent,
discordance, # difference diversity of opinion, nonconformity,
protestantism,
recusancy,
schism, disaffection,
secession,
recantation,
dissension, discontent,
cavilling,
protest,
contradiction,
noncompliance,
dissentient, dissenter,
non-juror, non-content,
nonconformist,
sectary,
separatist,
recusant,
schismatic, protestant,
heretic,
refusal V. dissent,
demur, call in question, differ in opinion, disagree, say no, refuse assent, refuse to admit,
cavil,
protest, raise one's voice against,
repudiate,
contradict, have no notion of, differ toto caelo, revolt at, revolt from the idea, shake the head, shrug the shoulders, look askance, look askant,
secede,
recant Adj. dissenting, negative,
dissident,
dissentient, unconsenting, non-content,
nonjuring, protestant,
recusant,
unconvinced, unconverted,
unavowed, unacknowledged, out of the question, discontented, unwilling,
extorted,
sectarian,
denominational,
schismatic,
heterodox,
intolerant Adv. no, at variance, at issue with, under protest
Phr. many men many minds, quot homines tot sententiae, tant s'en faut, il s'en faut bien, no way, by no means, count me out
Int. god forbid, not for the world, i'll be hanged if, never tell me, your humble servant, pardon me
N. unwillingness, indisposition, indisposedness, disinclination,
aversation,
nolleity,
nolition,
renitence,
renitency,
reluctance, indifference, backwardness, slowness, want of alacrity, want of readiness,
indocility,
scrupulousness,
scrupulosity, qualms of conscience, twinge of conscience, delicacy,
demur,
scruple,
qualm,
shrinking,
recoil,
hesitation,
fastidiousness,
averseness,
dissent,
refusal V. be unwilling,
nill, dislike,
grudge,
begrudge, not be able to find it in one's heart to, not have the stomach to,
demur, stick at,
scruple,
stickle, hang fire, run rusty,
recoil,
shrink,
swerve,
hesitate, avoid,
oppose,
dissent, refuse
Adj. unwilling, not in the vein,
loth,
loath, shy of, disinclined, indisposed,
averse,
reluctant, not content,
adverse,
laggard, backward, remiss,
slack, slow to, indifferent,
scrupulous,
squeamish,
repugnant, restiff|, restive,
demurring, unconsenting, involuntary
Adv. unwillingly,
grudgingly, with a heavy heart, with a bad, with an ill grace, against one's wishes, against one's will, against the grain, sore against one's wishes, sore against one's will, sore against one's grain, invita minerva, a contre caeur, malgre soi, in spite of one's teeth, in spite of oneself, nolens volens,
perforce, under protest, no, not for the world, far be it from me
N. disagreement, discord,
disaccord,
dissidence,
dissonance,
jar,
clash,
shock,
jarring,
jostling, screw loose,
variance, difference,
dissension, misunderstanding, cross purposes, odds, brouillerie, division, split, rupture,
disruption, division in the camp, house divided against itself, disunion, breach,
schism,
feud, faction, quarrel, dispute,
tiff, tracasserie,
squabble,
altercation, barney *, demel,
snarl,
spat, towrow, words, high words,
wrangling,
jangle,
brabble, cross questions and crooked answers,
snip-snap, family jars,
polemics,
litigation,
strife, warfare, outbreak, open rupture, declaration of war,
broil,
brawl, row,
racket,
hubbub, rixation|,
embroilment, embranglement,
imbroglio,
fracas, breach of the peace, piece of work,
scrimmage,
rumpus,
breeze,
squall,
riot, disturbance,
commotion, bear garden, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, subject of dispute, ground of quarrel, battle ground, disputed point, bone of contention, bone to pick, apple of discord, casus belli, question at issue, vexed question, vexata quaestio, brand of discord, troublous times, cat-and-dog life,
contentiousness,
enmity,
hate, kilkenny cats,
disputant, strange bedfellows
V. be discordant, disagree, come amiss,
clash,
jar,
jostle, pull different ways, conflict, have no measures with, misunderstand one another, live like cat and dog, differ,
dissent, have a bone to pick, have a crow to pluck with, fall out, quarrel, dispute,
litigate,
controvert,
squabble,
wrangle,
jangle,
brangle,
bicker,
nag,
spar, have words, with, fall foul of, split, break with, break squares with, part company with, declare war, try conclusions, join issue, put in issue, pick a quarrel, fasten a quarrel on, sow dissension, stir up dissension,
embroil,
entangle, disunite, widen the breach, set at odds, set together by the ears, set against, pit against, get into hot water, fish in troubled waters,
brawl, kick up a row, kick up a dust, turn the house out of window
Adj. discordant, disagreeing, out of tune,
ajar, on bad terms,
dissentient,
unreconciled,
unpacified,
contentious,
quarrelsome, unpacific,
gladiatorial,
controversial,
polemic,
disputatious,
factious,
litigious,
litigant,
pettifogging, at odds, at loggerheads, at daggers drawn, at variance, at issue, at cross purposes, at sixes and sevens, at feud, at high words, up in arms, together by the ears, in hot water,
embroiled,
torn, disunited
Phr. quot homines tot sententiae, no love lost between them, non nostrum tantas componere lites, mars gravior sub pace latet
N. refusal,
rejection,
noncompliance,
incompliance,
denial, declining,
declension,
declinature, peremptory refusal, flat refusal, point blank refusal,
repulse,
rebuff, discountenance,
recusancy,
abnegation,
protest, disclaimer,
dissent,
revocation V. refuse,
reject, deny, decline, turn down,
nill, negative, refuse one's assent, withhold one's assent, shake the head, close the hand, close the purse,
grudge,
begrudge, be slow to, hang fire, pass, be deaf to, dismiss, turn a deaf ear to, turn one's back upon, set one's face against, discountenance, not hear of, have nothing to do with, wash one's hands of, stand aloof,
forswear, set aside, cast behind one, not yield an inch, resist, cross, not grant,
repel,
repulse, shut the door in one's face, slam the door in one's face,
rebuff, send back, send to the right about, send away with a flea in the ear, deny oneself, not be at home to, discard,
spurn,
&c. (repudiate) 610,
rescind, disclaim,
protest,
dissent Adj. refusing, restive, restiff|,
recusant,
uncomplying, unconsenting, not willing to hear of, deaf to, refused, ungranted, out of the question, not to be thought of, impossible
Adv. no, on no account, not for the world, no thank you, thanks but no thanks
Phr. non possumus, your humble servant, bien oblige, not on your life, no way, not even if you beg on your knees
N. discontent, discontentment, dissatisfaction,
dissent, disappointment,
mortification, cold comfort,
regret, repining, taking on,
heart-burning,
heart-grief,
querulousness,
hypercriticism,
inquietude, vexation of spirit,
soreness,
worry,
concern, fear,
malcontent,
grumbler,
growler,
croaker,
dissident, dissenter, laudator temporis acti, censurer,
complainer,
fault-finder, murmerer, cave of adullam, indignation meeting, "winter of our discontent", "with what i most enjoy contented least"
V. be discontented, quarrel with one's bread and butter, repine,
regret, wish one at the bottom of the red sea, take on, take to heart, shrug the shoulders, make a wry face, pull a long face, knit one's brows, look blue, look black, look black as thunder, look blank, look glum, take in bad part, take ill,
fret,
chafe, make a piece of work,
grumble,
croak,
lament, cause discontent, dissatisfy,
disappoint,
mortify, put out,
disconcert, cut up,
dishearten Adj. discontented, dissatisfied, unsatisfied,
ungratified,
dissident,
dissentient,
malcontent,
malcontented,
exigent, exacting,
hypercritical, repining,
regretful, down in the mouth, in high dudgeon, in a fume, in the sulks, in the dumps, in bad humor,
glum,
sulky, sour as a crab,
soured,
sore, out of humor, out of temper,
disappointing, unsatisfactory, frustrated (failure) 732
Int. so much the worse, phr, that won't do, that will never do, it will never do, curtae nescio quid semper abest rei, ne jupiter quidem omnibus placet, "poor in abundance, famished at a feast"
N. heterodoxy, error, false doctrine, heresy,
schism, schismaticism,
schismaticalness,
recusancy,
backsliding,
apostasy,
atheism,
bigotry,
fanaticism,
iconoclasm,
hyperorthodoxy,
precisianism,
bibliolatry,
sabbatarianism,
puritanism,
anthropomorphism,
idolatry,
superstition,
dissent,
sectarism,
sectarianism, noncomformity,
secularism,
syncretism, religious sects,
protestantism,
arianism, adventism,
jansenism, stundism,
erastianism,
calvinism,
quakerism,
methodism,
anabaptism,
puseyism,
tractarianism,
ritualism,
origenism,
sabellianism,
socinianism,
deism,
theism,
materialism,
positivism, latitudinarianism &c. high church, low church,
broad church, free church,
ultramontanism,
papism,
papistry,
monkery,
papacy,
anglicanism,
catholicism,
romanism,
popery, scarlet lady, church of rome,
greek church,
paganism,
heathenism, ethicism, mythology,
polytheism,
ditheism,
tritheism,
dualism,
heathendom,
judaism,
gentilism,
islamism,
islam,
mohammedanism,
babism, sufiism,
neoplatonism,
turcism,
brahminism,
hinduism,
buddhism,
sabianism,
gnosticism,
hylotheism,
mormonism, christian science,
heretic,
apostate,
antichrist, pagan, heathen,
painim,
paynim,
giaour,
gentile,
pantheist,
polytheist, idolator,
schismatic,
sectary,
sectarian,
sectarist,
seceder,
separatist,
recusant, dissenter,
nonconformist,
nonjuror,
bigot,
fanatic,
abdal,
iconoclast,
latitudinarian,
deist,
theist,
unitarian,
positivist,
materialist,
homoiousian,
homoousian,
limitarian,
theosophist,
ubiquitarian,
skeptic, protestant,
huguenot, orthodox dissenter,
congregationalist, independent,
episcopalian, presbyterian, lutheran,
calvinist,
methodist,
wesleyan,
ana, baptist,
mormon,
latter-day saint,
irvingite,
sandemanian,
glassite,
erastian,
sublapsarian,
supralapsarian,
gentoo,
antinomian,
swedenborgian,
adventist, bible christian, bryanite,
brownian, christian scientist,
dunker,
ebionite,
eusebian, faith curer, curist,
familist,
jovinianist, libadist,
quaker, restitutionist,
shaker, stundist, tunker &c,
ultramontane,
anglican, oxford school,
tractarian,
puseyite,
ritualist,
puritan, catholic, roman, catholic,
romanist,
papist,
jew, hebrew,
rabbinist, rabbist,
sadducee,
babist, motazilite,
mohammedan,
mussulman,
moslem,
shiah, sunni, wahabi,
osmanli,
brahmin,
brahman,
parsee,
sufi, buddhist,
magi,
gymnosophist, fire worshiper,
sabian,
gnostic, rosicrucian &c
Adj. heterodox,
heretical, unorthodox,
unscriptural,
uncanonical,
antiscriptural,
apocryphal, unchristian,
antichristian,
schismatic,
recusant,
iconoclastic,
sectarian, dissenting,
dissident, secular &c, (lay) 997, pagan, heathen,
heathenish,
ethnic,
ethnical,
gentile,
paynim,
pantheistic,
polytheistic,
judaical,
mohammedan, brahminical, buddhist,
romish, protestant,
bigoted, (obstinate) 606,
superstitious,
fanatical,
idolatrous,
visionary Phr. "slave to no sect", superstitione tollenda religio non tollitur
