Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dubious"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
A dubious, agitated state of mind. --Thackeray.
2. Occasioning doubt; not clear, or obvious; equivocal;
questionable; doubtful; as, a dubious answer.
Wiping the dingy shirt with a still more dubious
pocket handkerchief. --Thackeray.
3. Of uncertain event or issue; as, in dubious battle.
Syn: Doubtful; doubting; unsettled; undetermined; equivocal;
uncertain. Cf. {Doubtful}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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},
{dubitable}, {in question(p)}]
3: not convinced; "they admitted the force of my argument but
remained dubious"
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