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Definition
unclear — because there could be two or more interpretationsMore rarely, ambiguous can mean uncertain or doubtful — as in the expression "an ambiguous smile".
- The Constitution of the United States is intentionally ambiguous — requiring human judgment to interpret difficult questions.
- Her answer was ambiguous.
- Inkblots are intentionally ambiguous.
- Till we can clear these ambiguitiesWilliam Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet
- They had the kind of back-and-forth that left no ambiguity or question, saying exactly what they meant, when they meant it.Sarah Dessen -- Along for the Ride
- "I always feel lousy without shoes," I said with an ambiguous smile.Sylvia Plath -- The Bell Jar
- When I was young, I couldn't tolerate such ambiguity.Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe II
- He shouted, "You will not kill my girlfriend today, International Terrorist of Ambiguous Nationality!"John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars
- her role seemed to be ambiguousJohn Hersey -- Hiroshima
- The comment was ambiguous, and intended so,Hal Borland -- When the Legends Die
- It was a very ambiguous contract.Robert Penn Warren -- All the King's Men
- There was no ambiguity in anything;Henry James -- The Turn of the Screw
- "Well, I married him," said Myrtle, ambiguously.F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby
- The sums are the scoundrel's share, and where he feared an ambiguity, you see he added something clearer.Robert Louis Stevenson -- Treasure Island
- ...their feelings are still ambiguous.Orson Scott Card -- Ender's Game
- I don't do well with ambiguous threats.Suzanne Collins -- Catching Fire
- Thus, from beneath the black veil, there rolled a cloud into the sunshine, an ambiguity of sin or sorrow, which enveloped the poor minister, so that love or sympathy could never reach him.Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Minister's Black Veil
- they carried it on their backs and shoulders-and for all the ambiguities of Vietnam, all the mysteries and unknowns, there was at least the single abiding certainty that they would never be at a loss for things to carry.Tim O'Brien -- The Things They Carried
- That you, at such times seeing me, never shall—
With arms encumber'd thus, or this head-shake,
Or by pronouncing of some doubtful phrase,
As 'Well, well, we know'; or 'We could, an if we would';
Or 'If we list to speak'; or 'There be, an if they might';
Or such ambiguous giving out—to note
That you know aught of me. This not to do,William Shakespeare -- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark - he at last confronts his mother and in a scene of provocative ambiguity-(a somewhat oedipal embrace)Tom Stoppard -- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
ambiguous = unclear — because there could be two or more interpretations
ambiguities = things that are unclear — because open to two or more interpretations
ambiguity = lack of clarity
ambiguous = uncertain
ambiguity = lack of clarity (where something is unclear because there could be two or more interpretations)
ambiguous = unclear (not known)
ambiguous = unclear
ambiguous = unclear — because there could be two or more interpretations
ambiguous = unclear — because there could be two or more interpretations
ambiguity = uncertainty — because there could be two or more interpretations
ambiguity = unclear — because open to two or more interpretations
ambiguous = unclear
ambiguous = uncertain or unclear — because there could be two or more interpretations
ambiguity = something that is unclear
ambiguities = things that are unclear
ambiguous = unclear
ambiguity = lacking clarity — because there could be two or more interpretations