doubtful

doubtful
1. n сомнительный, вызывающий подозрения человек; сомнительная вещь

doubtful carcass — туша сомнительной доброкачественности

a remark of doubtful propriety — сомнительное замечание

doubtful title — сомнительный титул, небесспорный титул

doubtful insanity — невменяемость, вызывающая сомнение

doubtful instrument — документ, вызывающий сомнение

2. a сомневающийся, полный сомнений; нерешительный, колеблющийся

I am doubtful what I ought to do — не знаю, что мне делать

3. a сомнительный, неясный; неопределённый

doubtful reply — неясный ответ

doubtful veracity — сомнительная правдивость

doubtful authorship — сомнительное авторство

doubtful assets — сомнительные активы

4. a подозрительный, вызывающий подозрения; сомнительный

doubtful character — сомнительная репутация

doubtful neighbourhood — нереспектабельный район

5. a двусмысленный, сомнительный

doubtful expression — двусмысленность

doubtful debt — сомнительный долг

Синонимический ряд:
1. ambiguous (adj.) ambiguous; ambivalent; borderline; chancy; clouded; doubtable; dubitable; equivocal; fishy; hesitant; impugnable; indefinite; indeterminate; indistinct; open; precarious; queasy; sceptical; shady; shaky; suspect; uncertain; unclear; undecided; uneasy; unstable; unsure
2. cynical (adj.) cynical; skeptical
3. doubting (adj.) distrustful; doubting; mistrustful; suspicious; untrusting
4. dubious (adj.) disreputable; dubious; sneaky
5. indecisive (adj.) enigmatic; incredulous; indecisive; obscure; problematic; puzzled; undetermined; unsettled
6. moot (adj.) arguable; contested; debatable; disputable; disputed; improbable; irregular; moot; mootable; problematical; questionable; unlikely
Антонимический ряд:
certain; decided; established; optimistic; resolute; sure; unhesitating

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  • doubtful — doubtful, dubious 1. The constructions that follow doubtful correspond to the pattern outlined for doubt above, with whether and if still dominant but a that clause now increasingly common: • It is doubtful that in the right to life controversy… …   Modern English usage

  • 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • doubtful — doubtful, dubious, problematic, questionable are comparable when they mean not affording assurance of the worth, soundness, success, or certainty of something or someone. Doubtful and dubious are sometimes used with little distinction. Doubtful,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • doubtful — I adjective arguable, at issue, conditional, conjectural, contestable, controvertible, debatable, disbelieving, disposed to question, disputable, distrustful, doubtable, doubting, dubious, dubitable, dubius, equivocal, implausible, improbable, in …   Law dictionary

  • doubtful — UK US /ˈdaʊtfəl/ adjective ACCOUNTING ► used to describe debts or accounts that are unlikely to be paid: »The Company has established an allowance for doubtful accounts based on the credit risk of specific customers and historical trends. → See… …   Financial and business terms

  • doubtful — [dout′fəl] adj. [ME douteful] 1. in doubt; not clear or definite; ambiguous 2. not clearly predictable; uncertain; unsure 3. giving rise to doubt or suspicion; questionable, as in reputation 4. feeling doubt; unsettled in opinion or belief… …   English World dictionary

  • doubtful — [adj1] questionable, unclear ambiguous, borderline, chancy, clouded, contingent, debatable, dicey, disreputable, doubtable, dubious, dubitable, equivocal, far fetched, fat chance, fishy*, hazardous, hazy, iffy*, impugnable, inconclusive,… …   New thesaurus

  • doubtful — late 14c., from DOUBT (Cf. doubt) + FUL (Cf. ful). Related: Doubtfully; doubtfulness …   Etymology dictionary

  • doubtful — ► ADJECTIVE 1) uncertain. 2) not known with certainty. 3) improbable. DERIVATIVES doubtfully adverb doubtfulness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • doubtful — [[t]da͟ʊtfʊl[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ, oft it v link ADJ that/wh If it is doubtful that something will happen, it seems unlikely to happen or you are uncertain whether it will happen. For a time it seemed doubtful that he would move at… …   English dictionary

  • doubtful — doubt|ful [ˈdautfəl] adj 1.) probably not true or not likely to happen ▪ Prospects for a lasting peace remain doubtful. it is doubtful if/whether ▪ It was doubtful whether the patient would survive the operation. it is doubtful that ▪ It is… …   Dictionary of contemporary English


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