Meaning

3 senses
  1. Arousing doubt; questionable; open to suspicion.

    After he made some dubious claims about the company, fewer people trusted him.

    They were renowned as people of dubious morals.

    dubios, fragwürdig, ominös

    сомни́тельныйsomnítelʹnyj

    open to doubt or suspicion

  2. In disbelief; wavering, uncertain, or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt; undecided.

    She was dubious about my plan at first, but later I managed to persuade her to cooperate.

    unsicher

    сомневающийсяsomnevajuščijsja, колеблющийсяkolebljuščijsja

  3. Generally considered imprecise or wrong, but not totally unplayable.

Examples

55 sentences
  1. Tom is dubious.

    Том сумнівається.

    deTom ist fragwürdig.

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  2. Tom looked dubious for a moment.

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  3. Tom said that he was dubious.

    deTom sagte, er sei im Zweifel.

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  4. Tom was still dubious.

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  5. I was still dubious.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
arousing doubt:
in disbelief, uncertain:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
arousing doubt:
in disbelief, uncertain:

Origin

From Latin dubius; like doubt, from Latin duo (cognate to English two), implying “two alte

From Latin dubius; like doubt, from Latin duo (cognate to English two), implying “two alternatives” (yes or no, true or false, etc.).

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Forms

more dubious, most dubious
Comparativemore dubious Lesson
Superlativemost dubious Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
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Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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