doubtful

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective open to doubt or suspicion; ; ; ; - Karen Horney
  2. adjective fraught with uncertainty or doubt
  3. adjective unsettled in mind or opinion

Etymology

From Middle English doutfull, douteful, equivalent to doubt + -ful.

In classic literature

Synonyms

dubious, dubitable, in question

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