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DOUBTFUL definition: 1. If you are doubtful about something, you are uncertain about it: 2. If a situation is doubtful…. Learn more.
doubtful: [adjective] giving rise to doubt or uncertainty : open to question.
8 meanings: 1. unlikely; improbable 2. characterized by or causing doubt; uncertain 3. unsettled; unresolved 4. of questionable.... Click for more definitions.
DOUBTFUL - Synonyms, related words and examples | Cambridge English Thesaurus
[not usually before noun] (of a thing) uncertain and likely to get worse At the beginning of the war things were looking very doubtful. [only before noun] of low value; probably not what somebody claims it is or of a quality that you can rely on synonym dubious This wine is of doubtful quality. See doubtful in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary See doubtful in the Oxford Learner's ...
doubtful: 1 adj fraught with uncertainty or doubt “they were doubtful that the cord would hold” “it was doubtful whether she would be admitted” Synonyms: dubious incertain , uncertain , unsure lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance adj open to doubt or suspicion “the candidate's doubtful past” Synonyms: dubious , dubitable , in ...
Doubtful definition: of uncertain outcome or result.. See examples of DOUBTFUL used in a sentence.
Usage: It was formerly considered correct to use whether after doubtful (it is doubtful whether he will come), but now if and that are also acceptable
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Synonyms for DOUBTFUL: unsure, skeptical, suspicious, uncertain, dubious, unsettled, unconvinced, undecided; Antonyms of DOUBTFUL: sure, certain, positive, convinced ...