Definition of doubtful

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Doubtful (a.) Fearful; apprehensive; suspicious.

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Apocryphalness :: Apocryphalness (n.) The quality or state of being apocryphal; doubtfulness of credit or genuineness.
Query :: Query (v. t.) To write query (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quaere..
Conjectural :: Conjectural (a.) Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at; undetermined; doubtful.
Pendulous :: Pendulous (a.) Wavering; unstable; doubtful.
Ambiloquy :: Ambiloquy (n.) Doubtful or ambiguous language.
Question :: Question (n.) Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate; theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a delicate or doubtful question..
Problematical :: Problematical (a.) Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful.
Experiment :: Experiment (n.) Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something doubtful; esp., one under conditions determined by the experimenter; an act or operation undertaken in order to discover some unknown principle or effect, or to test, establish, or illustrate some suggest or known truth; practical test; poof..
Ambiguity :: Ambiguity (n.) The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or expression..
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..
Incertain :: Incertain (n.) Uncertain; doubtful; unsteady.
Amphibolous :: Amphibolous (a.) Ambiguous; doubtful.
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..
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..
Inconclusive :: Inconclusive (a.) Not conclusive; leading to no conclusion; not closing or settling a point in debate, or a doubtful question; as, evidence is inconclusive when it does not exhibit the truth of a disputed case in such a manner as to satisfy the mind, and put an end to debate or doubt..
Questionableness :: Questionableness (n.) The quality or state of being questionable, doubtful, or suspicious..
Scrupulous :: Scrupulous (a.) Liable to be doubted; doubtful; nice.
Samarium :: Samarium (n.) A rare metallic element of doubtful identity.
Philippium :: Philippium (n.) A rare and doubtful metallic element said to have been discovered in the mineral samarskite.
Indubious :: Indubious (a.) Not dubious or doubtful; certain.
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