Definition of doubtful

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Doubtful (a.) Not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating in belief; also used, metaphorically, of the body when its action is affected by such a state of mind; as, we are doubtful of a fact, or of the propriety of a measure..

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Disputable :: Disputable (v. i.) Capable of being disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted, or contested; or doubtful certainty or propriety; controvertible; as, disputable opinions, propositions, points, or questions..
Dubious :: Dubious (a.) Doubtful or not settled in opinion; being in doubt; wavering or fluctuating; undetermined.
Doubtful :: Doubtful (a.) Characterized by ambiguity; dubious; as, a doubtful expression; a doubtful phrase..
Mammer :: Mammer (v. i.) To hesitate; to mutter doubtfully.
Incertum :: Incertum (a.) Doubtful; not of definite form.
Wappened :: Wappened (a.) A word of doubtful meaning used once by Shakespeare.
Indubitate :: Indubitate (a.) Not questioned or doubtful; evident; certain.
Doubtful :: Doubtful (a.) Fearful; apprehensive; suspicious.
Conjectural :: Conjectural (a.) Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at; undetermined; doubtful.
Ambiloquy :: Ambiloquy (n.) Doubtful or ambiguous language.
Norwegium :: Norwegium (n.) A rare metallic element, of doubtful identification, said to occur in the copper-nickel of Norway..
Alias :: Alias (adv.) Otherwise; otherwise called; -- a term used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of any one who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson..
Problematical :: Problematical (a.) Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful.
Litigious :: Litigious (a.) Subject to contention; disputable; controvertible; debatable; doubtful; precarious.
Tolerate :: Tolerate (v. t.) To suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; to put up with; as, to tolerate doubtful practices..
Willsome :: Willsome (a.) Doubtful; uncertain.
Ambiguous :: Ambiguous (a.) Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression..
Equivocal :: Equivocal (a.) Uncertain, as an indication or sign; doubtful..
Questionableness :: Questionableness (n.) The quality or state of being questionable, doubtful, or suspicious..
Dubious :: Dubious (a.) Occasioning doubt; not clear, or obvious; equivocal; questionable; doubtful; as, a dubious answer..
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