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doubtful

adjective

1 doubtful

Open to doubt or suspicion:
— The candidate's doubtful past.

synonyms: dubious, dubitable, in question.

Roget 475: uncertain; casual; random etc. (aimless) 621; changeable etc. 149.    doubtful, dubious; indecisive; unsettled, undecided, ... show more

Roget 461: inquiry etc. v.; inquisitive etc. (curious) 455; requisitive, requisitory; catechetical, inquisitorial, analytic; in search of, in quest of; ... show more

Roget 485: unbelieving; skeptical, sceptical.    incredulous as to, skeptical as to; distrustful as to, shy as to, suspicious of; doubting etc. v.. doubtful etc. (uncertain) ... show more

Polish: problematyczny, niepewny, wÄ…tpliwy

2 doubtful

Fraught with uncertainty or doubt:
— They were doubtful that the cord would hold.
— It was doubtful whether she would be admitted.

synonym: dubious.

3 doubtful

Unsettled in mind or opinion.

synonym: tentative.


Moby thesaurus: Humean, Pyrrhonic, a bit thick, a bit thin, absurd, agnostic, ambiguous, amoral, arguable, at issue, beyond belief, borderline, chancy, clouded, confutable, conjectural, conscienceless, contestable, contingent, controversial ... show more.

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