12
doubt(noun, uncertainty, impression, guess, gloom)
10
distrust(noun, doubt, uncertainty, melancholy, impression)
9
pessimism(noun, belief, doubt, gloom, despair)
9
skepticism(noun, doubt, uncertainty, impression, guess)
9
suspicion(noun, doubt, uncertainty, gloom, apprehension)
7
disbelief(noun, doubt, uncertainty, apprehension, distrust)
6
dejection(noun, doubt, melancholy, gloom, suspicion)
6
discouragement(noun, disappointment, letdown, despondency, pessimism)
6
gloominess(noun, doubt, melancholy, gloom, distrust)
5
uncertainty(noun, doubt, impression, guess, apprehension)
4
irony(noun, cut, dig, mockery, forcefulness)
4
misanthropy(noun, suspicion, pessimism, acrimony, misanthropy)
4
mistrust(noun, doubt, uncertainty, impression, guess)
4
bitterness(noun, cut, hurt, passion, rise)
3
satire(noun, cut, dig, mockery, forcefulness)
3
austerity(noun, discourtesy, asceticism)
3
glumness(noun, doubt, melancholy, gloom, suspicion)
3
invective(cut, dig, mockery, forcefulness, brutality)
3
malevolence(noun, bitterness, vindictiveness, maliciousness, sullenness)
3
misgiving(noun, doubt, uncertainty, impression, guess)
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