'Questioning' definitions:
Definition of 'questioning'
From: WordNet
adjective
Perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know); "he had a quizzical expression" [syn: questioning, quizzical]
adjective
Marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a skeptical listener" [syn: doubting, questioning, skeptical, sceptical]
adjective
Showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow" [syn: inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering(a)]
noun
A request for information [syn: questioning, inquiring]
Definition of 'Questioning'
From: GCIDE
- Question \Ques"tion\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Questioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Questioning.] [Cf. F. questionner. See Question, n.]
- 1. To ask questions; to inquire. [1913 Webster]
- He that questioneth much shall learn much. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To argue; to converse; to dispute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- I pray you, think you question with the Jew. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'questioning'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agnostic,
- answering,
- asking,
- bringing into question,
- catechetical method,
- catechistic,
- catechization,
- catechizing,
- challenge,
- communicating,
- communicational,
- communional,
- conversational,
- curious,
- disbelieving,
- dispute,
- distrustful,
- doubtful,
- doubting,
- dubious,
- examination,
- from Missouri,
- in doubt,
- inquiring,
- inquisitional,
- inquisitorial,
- interacting,
- interactional,
- interactive,
- intercommunicational,
- intercommunicative,
- intercommunional,
- interpellation,
- interresponsive,
- interrogation,
- interrogational,
- interrogative,
- interrogatory,
- investigative,
- leery,
- linguistic,
- mistrustful,
- mistrusting,
- oral,
- probing,
- pumping,
- Pyrrhonic,
- query,
- querying,
- question,
- quiz,
- quizzical,
- quizzing,
- responsive,
- scrupulous,
- seeking,
- shy,
- skeptical,
- Socratic method,
- speech,
- suspecting,
- suspicious,
- telepathic,
- transmissional,
- unbelieving,
- uncertain,
- untrusting,
- verbal,
- wary
Words containing 'Questioning'
- In question,
- Out of question,
- Out of the question,
- Question,
- Questionability,
- Questionable,
- Questionableness,
- Questionably,
- Questioned,
- Questioner,
- To the question,
- questioningly,
- Leading question,
- Past question,
- Previous question,
- Question of privilege,
- To beg the question,
- To pop the question,
- beg the question,
- call into question,
- calling into question,
- cross question,
- line of questioning,
- open to question,
- pop the question,
- question mark,
- question master,
- question of fact,
- question of law,
- question sheet,
- question time,
- rhetorical question,
- Cross-question,
- Cross-questioned,
- Cross-questioning,
- cross-questioner,
- yes-no question