亚洲网紅露点

Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for

doubting Thomas

noun

  1. a person who refuses to believe without proof; skeptic: in reference to the apostle Thomas.


doubting Thomas

noun

  1. a person who insists on proof before he will believe anything; sceptic
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of doubting Thomas1

after Thomas (the apostle), who did not believe that Jesus had been resurrected until he had proof
Discover More

Idioms and Phrases

One who is habitually doubtful. For example, He was a doubting Thomas about the coming merger, not believing it would ever happen . The term alludes to the disciple Thomas, who doubted Jesus's resurrection until he had first-hand evidence of it (John 20:24鈥29).
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

His contemporaries may have been interested in the biblical lesson of the doubting Thomas, but we are attracted to Thomas鈥檚 uncertainty, which we read, in some way, as the painter鈥檚 own.

From

鈥淭hat鈥檚 right,鈥 Bull said seriously, 鈥測ou have done a lot of drinking. I guess I鈥檓 just the old doubting Thomas. For a minute I didn鈥檛 think you knew what you were talking about.鈥

From

When Gill climbs to a high A on the piano ballad 鈥淲hen My Amy Prays,鈥 the transcendent moment might give even a doubting Thomas goosebumps.

From

And just so you know: Bajaj says he鈥檚 friends now with the doubting Thomases who wouldn鈥檛 make room for him way back when.

From

You have seen and believed, the risen Jesus told a doubting Thomas, but blessed are they who have not seen and yet still believe.

From

Advertisement

Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


doubtfuldoubtless