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疑う · godan verb (-u)

Meanings

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

Broadly used for questioning the truth, reliability, or honesty of something or someone. Covers mild doubt to strong suspicion.

〈人ひと〉を疑うたがうto suspect someone (of something)
警けい察さつは彼かれを疑うたがっている。
The police suspect him.
〈事こと〉を疑うたがうto doubt a fact or statement
彼かれの話はなしの真しん実じつ性せいを疑うたがう人ひとが多おおい。
Many people doubt the truth of his story.
〈事こと〉ではないかと疑うたがうto suspect that something might be the case
彼かれが嘘うそをついているのではないかと疑うたがった。
I suspected that he might be lying.
疑うたがう余よ地ちがないthere is no room for doubt
彼かれの能のう力りょくは疑うたがう余よ地ちがない。
There's no doubt about his ability.

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怪あやしむN2
怪しむ focuses on a specific situation or behavior that seems odd, while 疑う is broader and can apply to doubting facts, statements, or a person's honesty in general.
にらむN2
疑う means to doubt or suspect in a general sense, while 睨む in its estimating sense suggests a more intuitive, observation-based suspicion.

信しんじるN4
信じる means to believe or trust something, the direct opposite of 疑う, which means to doubt or distrust it.
信しんずるN2
信ずる means to believe or trust something, whereas 疑う means to doubt or suspect it.
信しんじ込こむN2
疑う means to doubt or suspect something, the opposite of 信じ込む which means to accept it completely as true.

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確たしかめるN4
疑う means to doubt or suspect something is false, while 確かめる means to check and confirm that it is true.
思おもい込こむN2
疑う means to doubt or suspect something is untrue, the opposite of 思い込む's sense of being firmly convinced something is true.

危あやぶむN1
疑う means to suspect someone is lying or something is false, while 危ぶむ means to fear that an outcome will not go well, not to question honesty.

The kanji 疑 carries the meaning of 'doubt' or 'suspect'. The verb うたがう is a native Japanese word with an uncertain historical derivation.