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Definition
doubtfulin various senses, including:
- doubtful that something should be relied upon — as in "The argument relies on a dubious assumption."
- doubtful that something is morally proper — as in "The company is accused of using dubious sales practices to influence minors."
- bad or of questionable value — as in "The state has the dubious distinction of the highest taxes."
- doubtful or uncertain — as in "She is dubious about making the change."
- She was dubious, but agreed to come with us anyway.
dubious = doubtful; or suspicious; or full of uncertainty
- She has a dubious reputation. I wouldn't count on her.
- To my taste, the authors made some dubious leaps of faith in their analysis,Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code
- Simon looked dubious. "What makes you think so?"Cassandra Clare -- City of Bones
- Marilla was not to be drawn from the safe concrete into dubious paths of the abstract.Lucy Maud Montgomery -- Anne Of Green Gables
- Blomberg looked dubious, but the explanation was reasonable and...Stieg Larsson -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- But that would have taken us over the dubious southern uplands of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and we do not do that.Marcus Luttrell -- Lone Survivor
- "I'm not a monster—I'm a friend."
"Friend?" inquired the girl with a dubious tone.Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge - We thought his morals dubious and tried to avoid him.Wladyslaw Szpilman -- The Pianist
- Seeing the farmer eying him dubiously, he added, "I'll be glad to sleep in the barn."Upton Sinclair -- The Jungle
- A woman of dubious reputation who...J.D. Robb -- Naked in Death
- "Will it hold them?" asked Cooper, looking dubiously at the door.Henry H. Neff -- The Second Siege
- "I don't see that 'tis any business of ours," Smallbury murmured dubiously.Thomas Hardy -- Far from the Madding Crowd
- Chuck Muckle whipped off his shades and eyed the patrolman dubiously.Carl Hiassen -- Hoot
- "I doubt if she would have had the strength to inflict that left-handed blow," said Dr. Constantine dubiously.Agatha Christie -- Murder On The Orient Express
- And yet, from time to time, Poirot continued to sniff it dubiously, as though his keener nose detected something I had missed.Agatha Christie -- Early Cases Of Hercule Poirot
- ...they all began discussing dragon-slayings historical, dubious, and mythical...J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Hobbit
- Officer Pete Gandy was sitting at the kitchen table, looking across at them, not bothering to hide the dubious expression on his face.Nicholas Sparks -- The Guardian
- Then he looked at me again, more dubious.Katherine Applegate -- Everworld - Search For Senna
- Baldwin had the dubious task of approaching Judson to ask for a postponement.Alexs Pate -- Amistad
dubious = doubtful (not to be relied upon)
dubious = doubtful (not to be relied upon)
dubious = doubtful
dubious = doubtful (not to be relied upon)
dubious = doubtful or suspicious
dubious = doubtful or dangerous (not to be relied upon)
dubious = doubtful; or suspicious
dubious = doubtful (not to be relied upon)
dubiously = doubtfully or suspiciously
dubious = doubtful or suspicious
dubiously = with doubt or uncertainty
dubiously = doubtfully
dubiously = doubtfully or suspiciously
dubiously = doubtfully
dubiously = suspiciously
dubious = doubtful (as true history)
dubious = doubtful or suspicious
dubious = suspicious; or full of uncertainty
dubious = full of uncertainty