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English Dictionary: doubtful	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for doubtful
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
doubtful adj open to doubt or suspicion; "the candidate's doubtful past"; "he has a dubious record indeed"; "what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false"; "it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought"- Karen Horney Synonym(s): doubtful, dubious, dubitable, in question(p) fraught with uncertainty or doubt; "they were doubtful that the cord would hold"; "it was doubtful whether she would be admitted"; "dubious about agreeing to go" Synonym(s): doubtful, dubious unsettled in mind or opinion; "drew a few tentative conclusions" Synonym(s): doubtful, tentative
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doubtful \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.