Both Uses of
skeptical
in
Change of Heart, by Picoult
- I guess finding God is like seeing a ghost—you can be a skeptic until you come face-to-face with what you said doesn't exist.†
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- I felt as if I'd been poleaxed, which surely qualified me for medical attention—but I didn't think that even the most gifted physician could cure a skeptic who'd come to see the light: I could not remain as emotionally unattached from my client as I'd believed.†
Definition:
doubtful (that something is true or worthwhile)
or more rarely:
generally tending to doubt what others believe
or more rarely:
generally tending to doubt what others believe