Definition of doubtful

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Doubtful (a.) Characterized by ambiguity; dubious; as, a doubtful expression; a doubtful phrase..

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Equivocal :: Equivocal (a.) (Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence..
Equivocal :: Equivocal (a.) Uncertain, as an indication or sign; doubtful..
Dubitative :: Dubitative (a.) Tending to doubt; doubtful.
Chance :: Chance (n.) A possibility; a likelihood; an opportunity; -- with reference to a doubtful result; as, a chance to escape; a chance for life; the chances are all against him..
Doubtfulness :: Doubtfulness (n.) Uncertainty of event or issue.
Unequivocal :: Unequivocal (a.) Not equivocal; not doubtful; not ambiguous; evident; sincere; plain; as, unequivocal evidence; unequivocal words..
Equivocate :: Equivocate (a.) To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity..
Scrupulous :: Scrupulous (a.) Full ofscrupules; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing wrong..
Incertum :: Incertum (a.) Doubtful; not of definite form.
Doubtfulness :: Doubtfulness (n.) State of being doubtful.
Questionableness :: Questionableness (n.) The quality or state of being questionable, doubtful, or suspicious..
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..
Ambiloquy :: Ambiloquy (n.) Doubtful or ambiguous language.
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..
Dubiosity :: Dubiosity (n.) The state of being doubtful; a doubtful statement or thing.
Apocryphalness :: Apocryphalness (n.) The quality or state of being apocryphal; doubtfulness of credit or genuineness.
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..
Amphibological :: Amphibological (a.) Of doubtful meaning; ambiguous.
Doubtful :: 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..
Questionable :: Questionable (a.) Liable to question; subject to be doubted or called in question; problematical; doubtful; suspicious.
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