doubtful
n. ஐயத்துக்கிடன்ன, ஐயப்பாட்டுக்குரிய செய்தி, (பெயரடை) ஐயத்துக்கிடமான, உறுதியற்ற, உறுதிப்படாத, பொருள் உறுதிப்பாடற்ற, இருபொருள் தரத்தக்க, தயக்கத்துக்குரிய, ஐயப்பாடு நிரம்பிய, தௌதவற்ற, நம்பத்தகாத, காப்புறுதியில்லாத, ஐயுறுகிற, தன்னம்பிக்கையற்ற.
Synonyms
#noun dubiousness, dubitation, scruple, hesitation, suspense,distrust, suspicion, perplexity, uncertainty, ambiguity, difficulty,indecision #verb dubitate, hesitate, vacillate, waver, demurdubious, ambiguous, doubtful, double-sided
Antonyms
#noun certainty, clearness, precision, determination, decision,conviction, satisfaction #verb decide, determine, resolve, assentunivocal, plain, direct, clear
Doubt"ful, a. 1. Not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating in belief; also used, metaphorically, of the body when its action is affected by such a state of mind; as, we are doubtful of a fact, or of the propriety of a measure. Methinks I should know you, and know this man; Yet I am doubtful. Shak. With doubtful feet and wavering resolution. Milton. 2. Admitting of doubt; not obvious, clear, or certain; questionable; not decided; not easy to be defined, classed, or named; as, a doubtful case, hue, claim, title, species, and the like. Beauty is but a vain and doubtful good. Shak. Is it a great cruelty to expel from our abode the enemy of our peace, or even the doubtful friend [i. e., one as to whose sincerity there may be doubts] Bancroft. 3. Characterized by ambiguity; dubious; as, a doubtful expression; a doubtful phrase. 4. Of uncertain issue or event. We . . . have sustained one day in doubtful fight. Milton. The strife between the two principles had been long, fierce, and doubtful. Macaulay. 5. Fearful; apprehensive; suspicious. [Obs.] I am doubtful that you have been conjunct And bosomed with her. Shak. Syn. -- Wavering; vacillating; hesitating; undetermined; distrustful; dubious; uncertain; equivocal; ambiguous; problematical; questionable.