Definizione monolingua

doubtful

doubtful (comparative more doubtful, superlative most doubtful)

1. Subject to, or causing doubt
2. Experiencing or showing doubt
3. Undecided or of uncertain outcome
4. (obsolete) Fearsome, dreadful.
   • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XIV:

     ‘With whom,’ seyde Sir Percivale, ‘shall I fyght?’ ‘With the moste douteful champion of the worlde [...].’

5. Improbable or unlikely
6. Suspicious, or of dubious character
7. Unclear or unreliable
   • 1922, E.R. Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros:

     The pupils of her great eyes were large in the doubtful lamplight, swallowing their green fires in deep pools of mystery and darkness.

Definizione dizionario doubtful

dubbioso

ambiguo

discutibile

dubbio

incerto

indeciso

Altri significati:

Improbable or unlikely

Undecided or of uncertain outcome

Experiencing or showing doubt

(obsolete) Fearsome, dreadful.

Suspicious, or of dubious character

Subject to, or causing doubt

Unclear or unreliable