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

1. adjective. Doubtful or not settled in opinion; being in doubt; wavering or fluctuating; undetermined.
2. adjective. Occasioning doubt; not clear, or obvious; equivocal; questionable; doubtful; as, a dubious answer.
3. adjective. Of uncertain event or issue; as, in dubious battle.
4. adjective. fraught with uncertainty or doubt

   "they were doubtful that the cord would hold"

   "it was doubtful whether she would be admitted"

   Synonyms: doubtful

5. adjective. not convinced

   "they admitted the force of my argument but remained dubious"

6. adjective. open to doubt or suspicion- Karen Horney

   "the candidate's doubtful past"

   "he has a dubious record indeed"

   Synonyms: doubtful, dubitable

Synonyms

doubtful, dubitable

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in dubious:

biduous

Common word forms

dubiously, dubiousness

Words from these letters

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