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dubious
(encz) | dubious,nejistý fjey |
dubious
(encz) | dubious,pochybný fjey |
Dubious
(gcide) | Dubious \Du"bi*ous\, a. [L. dubius, dubiosus, fr. duo two. See
Two, and cf. Doubt.]
1. Doubtful or not settled in opinion; being in doubt;
wavering or fluctuating; undetermined. "Dubious policy."
--Sir T. Scott.
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A dubious, agitated state of mind. --Thackeray.
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2. Occasioning doubt; not clear, or obvious; equivocal;
questionable; doubtful; as, a dubious answer.
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Wiping the dingy shirt with a still more dubious
pocket handkerchief. --Thackeray.
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3. Of uncertain event or issue; as, in dubious battle.
Syn: Doubtful; doubting; unsettled; undetermined; equivocal;
uncertain. Cf. Doubtful.
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dubious
(wn) | dubious
adj 1: fraught with uncertainty or doubt; "they were doubtful
that the cord would hold"; "it was doubtful whether she
would be admitted"; "dubious about agreeing to go" [syn:
doubtful, dubious]
2: open to doubt or suspicion; "the candidate's doubtful past";
"he has a dubious record indeed"; "what one found uncertain
the other found dubious or downright false"; "it was more
than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she
thought"- Karen Horney [syn: doubtful, dubious,
dubitable, in question(p)]
3: not convinced; "they admitted the force of my argument but
remained dubious" |
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dubiously
(encz) | dubiously, adv: |
dubiousness
(encz) | dubiousness,podezřelost n: Zdeněk Broždubiousness,pochybnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Dubious
(gcide) | Dubious \Du"bi*ous\, a. [L. dubius, dubiosus, fr. duo two. See
Two, and cf. Doubt.]
1. Doubtful or not settled in opinion; being in doubt;
wavering or fluctuating; undetermined. "Dubious policy."
--Sir T. Scott.
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A dubious, agitated state of mind. --Thackeray.
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2. Occasioning doubt; not clear, or obvious; equivocal;
questionable; doubtful; as, a dubious answer.
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Wiping the dingy shirt with a still more dubious
pocket handkerchief. --Thackeray.
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3. Of uncertain event or issue; as, in dubious battle.
Syn: Doubtful; doubting; unsettled; undetermined; equivocal;
uncertain. Cf. Doubtful.
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Dubiously
(gcide) | Dubiously \Du"bi*ous*ly\, adv.
In a dubious manner.
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Dubiousness
(gcide) | Dubiousness \Du"bi*ous*ness\, n.
State of being dubious.
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Indubious
(gcide) | Indubious \In*du"bi*ous\, a. [L. indubius. See In- not, and
Dubious.]
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1. Not dubious or doubtful; certain.
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2. Not doubting; unsuspecting. "Indubious confidence."
--Harvey.
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dubiously
(wn) | dubiously
adv 1: in a questionable and dubious manner; "these were estates
his father questionably acquired" [syn: questionably,
dubiously]
2: in a doubtful manner; "Gerald shook his head doubtfully"
[syn: doubtfully, dubiously] |
dubiousness
(wn) | dubiousness
n 1: the state of being unsure of something [syn: doubt,
uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness,
dubiousness] [ant: certainty]
2: uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of
something; "the dubiousness of his claim"; "there is no
question about the validity of the enterprise" [syn: doubt,
dubiousness, doubtfulness, question] |
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