Dictionary Entry
dubious
dubious is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Doubtful or not settled in opinion; being in doubt; wavering or fluctuating; undetermined. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Doubtful or not settled in opinion; being in doubt; wavering or fluctuating; undetermined.
- 2adjective
Occasioning doubt; not clear, or obvious; equivocal; questionable; doubtful; as, a dubious answer.
- 3adjective
Of uncertain event or issue; as, in dubious battle.
- 4adjective
fraught with uncertainty or doubt
"they were doubtful that the cord would hold"
"it was doubtful whether she would be admitted"
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- 5adjective
not convinced
"they admitted the force of my argument but remained dubious"
- 6adjective
open to doubt or suspicion- Karen Horney
"the candidate's doubtful past"
"he has a dubious record indeed"
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