Doubtfulness

  • 11ambiguity — Doubtfulness or uncertainty, especially in the meaning of language arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; duplicity in meaning. Kraney v Halsey, 82 Cal 209, 22 P 1137. A word or phrase is ambiguous within the meaning of the parol… …

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  • 12dubiousness — noun 1. the state of being unsure of something • Syn: ↑doubt, ↑uncertainty, ↑incertitude, ↑dubiety, ↑doubtfulness • Ant: ↑certainty (for: ↑ …

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  • 13ambiguity — I noun abstruseness, ambiguitas, bafflement, bewilderment, confounded meaning, confused meaning, confusion, disconcertion, doubtful meaning, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, duplexity in meaning, equivocalness, equivocation, incertitude,… …

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  • 14suspicion — sus·pi·cion n: the act or an instance of suspecting something: a mental state usu. short of belief in which one entertains a notion that something is wrong or that a fact exists without proof or on slight evidence see also reasonable suspicion… …

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  • 15doubt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Indecision Nouns 1. doubt, dubiousness, dubiety; unbelief, skepticism, pyrrhonism, disbelief; agnosticism, irreligion; incredulity, discredit; credibility gap, image spill. See improbability, dejection.… …

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  • 16uncertainty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. incertitude, doubt. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The mental state of being uncertain] Syn. perplexity, doubt, dubiety, dubiosity, skepticism, puzzlement, quandary, mystification, guesswork, conjecture,… …

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  • 17dubiety — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. doubt, doubtfulness, indecision, incertitude; see doubt 1 , 2 , uncertainty 1 . See Synonym Study at uncertainty . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A lack of conviction or certainty: doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness,… …

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  • 18Uncertainty — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Uncertainty >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 uncertainty uncertainty incertitude doubt Sgm: N 1 doubtfulness doubtfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 dubiety dubiety dubitation dubitancy| dubitousness GRP …

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  • 19uncertainty — n. 1. Doubt, dubiousness, incertitude, doubtfulness, ambiguity, obscurity, vagueness. 2. Contingency. 3. Doubtfulness, dubiousness, doubt. 4. Irregularity, variableness, changeableness, capriciousness …

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  • 20uncertainty — noun 1) the uncertainty of the stock market Syn: unpredictability, unreliability, riskiness, chanciness, precariousness, changeability, variability, inconstancy, fickleness, caprice Ant: predictability 2) uncer …

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