Dubious

What do we mean by dubious?

Fraught with uncertainty or doubt; undecided. adjective

Arousing doubt; doubtful. adjective

Of questionable character. adjective

Doubting; hesitating; wavering or fluctuating in opinion, but inclined to doubt.

Doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt or uncertainty; difficult to determine or relieve of uncertainty; not distinct or plain; puzzling: as, a dubious question; a dubious light.

Of uncertain event or issue: as, a dubious undertaking.

Liable to doubt or suspicion; of doubtful quality or propriety; questionable: as, a man of dubious character; a dubious transaction; his morals or his methods are dubious. Synonyms Unsettled, undetermined.

Doubtful, Ambiguous, etc. (see obscure, a.); questionable, problematical, puzzling.

Doubtful or not settled in opinion; being in doubt; wavering or fluctuating; undetermined. adjective

Occasioning doubt; not clear, or obvious; equivocal; questionable; doubtful. adjective

Of uncertain event or issue. adjective

Arousing doubt; questionable; open to suspicion. adjective

In disbelief; wavering, uncertain, or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt; undecided. adjective

Open to doubt or suspicion adjective

Fraught with uncertainty or doubt adjective

Not convinced adjective

(of a statement) Arousing doubt; questionable; open to suspicion.

(of a person) In disbelief; wavering, uncertain, or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt; undecided.

Words that are spelled similarly to dubious:
dubious, rubious, dubius.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word dubious:
theropod, legality, provenance, gambit, distinction, checked, dinosaur, authenticity, dealings, questionable, cretaceous, validity, assumptions, honour, reputation, specimen, genus, circumstances, correct, worst, practices, loyalty, genera, decisions, claims, doubt, claim, deals, honor, confirmed, penalty, value, origin, quality.

Words that rhyme with dubious:
rubious, indubious.

Adjectives that are often used to describe dubious:
elected.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective dubious:
value, distinction, honor, character, reputation, quality, validity, assumption, nature, practices, means, assumptions, proposition, claim, status, legality, look, merit, cases, position, light, claims, methods, origin, privilege, honour, evidence, results, characters, benefit, authenticity, advantage, practice, circumstances, pleasure, authority, grounds, role, morality, success, reliability, activities, title, expression, worth, benefits, compliment, record, significance, loyalty, procedure, enterprise, taste, sources, accuracy, past, argument, relevance, kind, future, battle, notion, interpretation, utility, credentials, motives, ground, glance, origins, virtue, legitimacy, concept, smile, victory, transactions, eye, tone, prospects, sort, constitutionality, morals, logic, blessing, standing.

Words that sound like dubious:
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