The phrase "were sure" expresses a certain degree of confidence or certainty about a particular subject or situation. However, there are several antonyms or opposite words that can be used to convey the opposite meaning. Some of these antonyms include unsure, doubtful, uncertain, hesitant, skeptical, and hesitant. These words imply a lack of confidence or trust in one's ability to make a decision or assert a specific opinion. For instance, instead of saying "we were sure that our plan would work," one could say "we were uncertain about the success of our plan." Using antonyms for "were sure" allows for more refined and precise communication.

What are the antonyms for Were sure?

• v.

  • tell
  • confuse
  ,
  • estimate
  ,
  • figure
  ,
  • guess
  ,
  • listen
  ,
  • misinterpret
  ,
  • miss
  ,
  • misunderstand
  ,
  • mix up
  ,
  • overlook
  .

Famous quotes with Were sure

• We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and even if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still.

  John Stuart Mill
• I grew up wanting to be a musician, but my parents were sure I would starve to death. So, they put me in physics and chemistry. That eventually blew up, and I got into radio.

  John Tesh
• While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness in not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful.

  H. G. Wells
• If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.

  Benjamin Franklin
• Here is how my father appeared to me as a boy. He came from a race of giants and demi-gods from a mythical land known as Chicago. He married the most beautiful girl ever to come crawling out of the poor and lowborn south, and there were times when I thought we were being raised by Zeus and Athena. After Happy Hour my father would drive his car home at a hundred miles an hour to see his wife and seven children. He would get out of his car, a strapping flight jacketed matinee idol, and walk toward his house, his knuckles dragging along the ground, his shoes stepping on and killing small animals in his slouching amble toward the home place. My sister, Carol, stationed at the door, would call out, "Godzilla's home!" and we seven children would scamper toward the door to watch his entry. The door would be flung open and the strongest Marine aviator on earth would shout, "Stand by for a fighter pilot!" He would then line his seven kids up against the wall and say, "Who's the greatest of them all?" "You are, O Great Santini, you are." "Who knows all, sees all, and hears all?" "You do, O Great Santini, you do." We were not in the middle of a normal childhood, yet none of us were sure since it was the only childhood we would ever have. For all we knew other men were coming home and shouting to their families, "Stand by for a pharmacist," or "Stand by for a chiropractor".

  Pat Conroy

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