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in doubt
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distrustful |
| Synonyms: | apprehensive, cagey, careful, cautious, doubtful, green-eyed, in doubt, incredulous, jealous, leery, mistrustful, not born yesterday on the lookout, questioning, quizzical, skeptical, suspect, suspecting, unbelieving, uptight*, wary, watchful, without belief, without faith, wondering |
| Antonyms: | innocent, trustworthy, trusty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clouded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ambiguous |
| Synonyms: | borderline, chancy, concerned, dubious, dubitable, equivocal, in doubt, in question, inconclusive, indecisive, indeterminate, questionable, troubled, uncertain, unclear, unknown, unsure, vague |
| Main Entry: | dubitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful |
| Synonyms: | borderline, chancy, clouded, doubtable, dubious, equivocal, iffy, in doubt, in question, inconclusive, indecisive, indeterminate, questionable, shady, suspicious, uncertain, unclear, unsure |
| Notes: | a person is capable of doubting, whereas a thing is dubitable; dubious, unlike doubtful, carries the connotation of suspicion |
| Main Entry: | problematical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ambiguous |
| Synonyms: | at issue, borderline, chancy, clear as dishwater, clouded, cryptic, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, enigmatic, enigmatical, equivocal, in doubt, in question, inconclusive, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, inexplicit, muddy, obscure, opaque, problematic, puzzling, questionable, tenebrous, uncertain, unclear, unintelligible, unsure, vague |
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