doubtful 音标拼音: [d'ɑʊtfəl]
a . 可疑的,疑心的,不确的
可疑的,疑心的,不确的
doubtful adj 1 :
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 [
synonym :
{
doubtful }, {
dubious }, {
dubitable }, {
in question (
p )}]
2 :
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 " [
synonym : {
doubtful },
{
dubious }]
3 :
unsettled in mind or opinion ; "
drew a few tentative conclusions " [
synonym : {
doubtful }, {
tentative }]
Doubtful \
Doubt "
ful \,
a .
1 .
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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Methinks I should know you ,
and know this man ;
Yet I am doubtful . --
Shak .
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With doubtful feet and wavering resolution .
--
Milton .
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2 .
Admitting of doubt ;
not obvious ,
clear ,
or certain ;
questionable ;
not decided ;
not easy to be defined ,
classed ,
or named ;
as ,
a doubtful case ,
hue ,
claim ,
title ,
species ,
and the like .
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Beauty is but a vain and doubtful good . --
Shak .
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Is it a great cruelty to expel from our abode the enemy of our peace ,
or even the doubtful friend [
i .
e .,
one as to whose sincerity there may be doubts ]?
--
Bancroft .
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3 .
Characterized by ambiguity ;
dubious ;
as ,
a doubtful expression ;
a doubtful phrase .
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4 .
Of uncertain issue or event .
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We . . .
have sustained one day in doubtful fight .
--
Milton .
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The strife between the two principles had been long ,
fierce ,
and doubtful . --
Macaulay .
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5 .
Fearful ;
apprehensive ;
suspicious . [
Obs .]
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I am doubtful that you have been conjunct And bosomed with her . --
Shak .
Syn :
Wavering ;
vacillating ;
hesitating ;
undetermined ;
distrustful ;
dubious ;
uncertain ;
equivocal ;
ambiguous ;
problematical ;
questionable .
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159 Moby Thesaurus words for "
doubtful ":
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 ,
controvertible ,
corrupt ,
corrupted ,
criminal ,
crooked ,
dark ,
debatable ,
deniable ,
devious ,
dishonest ,
dishonorable ,
disputable ,
disreputable ,
distrustful ,
doubtable ,
doubting ,
dubious ,
dubitable ,
equivocal ,
evasive ,
felonious ,
fishy ,
fraudulent ,
from Missouri ,
hard of belief ,
hard to believe ,
hardly possible ,
hazy ,
hesitant ,
hesitating ,
iffy ,
ill -
got ,
ill -
gotten ,
immoral ,
implausible ,
improbable ,
in dispute ,
in doubt ,
in dubio ,
in question ,
inconceivable ,
incredible ,
incredulous ,
indecisive ,
indefinite ,
indeterminate ,
indirect ,
insecure ,
insidious ,
leery ,
mistakable ,
mistrustful ,
mistrusting ,
moot ,
more than doubtful ,
not deserving belief ,
not kosher ,
obscure ,
open ,
open to doubt ,
open to question ,
open to suspicion ,
passing belief ,
precarious ,
preposterous ,
problematic ,
queasy ,
questionable ,
questioning ,
refutable ,
ridiculous ,
rocky ,
rotten ,
sceptical ,
scrupulous ,
shady ,
shaky ,
shameless ,
shifty ,
shy ,
sinister ,
skeptic ,
skeptical ,
slippery ,
speculative ,
staggering belief ,
suppositional ,
suspect ,
suspecting ,
suspicious ,
tall ,
thick ,
thin ,
tottery ,
touch -
and -
go ,
treacherous ,
tricky ,
unbelievable ,
uncertain ,
unclear ,
unconscienced ,
unconscientious ,
unconscionable ,
unconvinced ,
unconvincing ,
undecided ,
undependable ,
underhand ,
underhanded ,
unearthly ,
uneasy ,
unethical ,
ungodly ,
unhealthy ,
unimaginable ,
unlikely ,
unpredictable ,
unprincipled ,
unpromising ,
unreliable ,
unresolved ,
unsafe ,
unsavory ,
unscrupulous ,
unsettled ,
unsound ,
unstable ,
unsteady ,
unstraightforward ,
unsure ,
unthinkable ,
untrusting ,
untrustworthy ,
unworthy of belief ,
vacillating ,
vague ,
wary ,
without remorse ,
without shame
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