dubious
adjective /ˈdjuː.bi.əs/
/ˈduː-/ Definition
C2 thought not to be completely true or not able to be trusted: These claims are dubious and not scientifically proven. He has been associated with some dubious characters. Ruth Ellis has the dubious (= bad) distinction of being the last woman to be hanged in Britain.UncertaintyHesitatingAchievableDishonest C2 feeling doubt or not feeling certain: I'm dubious about his promises to change his ways.Doubt and ambivalenceHesitating dubiously /-li/ adverb UncertaintyHesitatingAchievableDishonestDoubt and ambivalenceHesitating
(Definition of dubious adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- be rotten to the core idiom
- be up to no good idiom
- bent adjective (DISHONEST)
- cowboy noun (DISHONEST PERSON)
- crooked adjective (CRIMINAL)
- dodgy adjective (NOT HONEST)
- down-and-dirty adjective
- false adjective (NOT TRUE)
- finagle verb
- fishy adjective (DISHONEST)
- fly-by-night adjective
- improper adjective (DISHONEST)
- malfeasance noun
- mendacious adjective
- misleading adjective
- shabby adjective (NOT FAIR)
- sham adjective
- unscrupulous adjective
- unsporting adjective
- weasel out of sth phrasal verb
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