doubtfulness

doubtfulness
noun
1. the state of being unsure of something
• Syn: ↑doubt, ↑uncertainty, ↑incertitude, ↑dubiety, ↑dubiousness
• Ant: ↑certainty (for: ↑uncertainty)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑dubious (for: ↑dubiousness), ↑doubtful, ↑doubt (for: ↑doubt)
• Hypernyms: ↑cognitive state, ↑state of mind
• Hyponyms:
2. uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something
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the dubiousness of his claim

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there is no question about the validity of the enterprise

• Syn: ↑doubt, ↑dubiousness, ↑question
• Derivationally related forms: ↑question (for: ↑question), ↑doubtful, ↑dubious (for: ↑dubiousness), ↑doubt (for: ↑doubt)
• Hypernyms: ↑uncertainty, ↑uncertainness, ↑precariousness

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  • doubtfulness — doubtful ► ADJECTIVE 1) uncertain. 2) not known with certainty. 3) improbable. DERIVATIVES doubtfully adverb doubtfulness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • doubtfulness — noun see doubtful …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • doubtfulness — See doubtfully. * * * …   Universalium

  • doubtfulness — noun The state or quality of being doubtful; doubt; uncertainty. Syn: dubiety …   Wiktionary

  • doubtfulness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A lack of conviction or certainty: doubt, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, mistrust, question, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty, wonder. See CERTAIN …   English dictionary for students

  • doubtfulness — doubt·ful·ness || daÊŠtfÊŠlnɪs n. quality of being doubtful; uncertainty, ambiguity; suspiciousness; skepticism …   English contemporary dictionary

  • doubtfulness — doubt·ful·ness …   English syllables

  • ambiguity — Doubtfulness or uncertainty, especially in the meaning of language arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; duplicity in meaning. Kraney v Halsey, 82 Cal 209, 22 P 1137. A word or phrase is ambiguous within the meaning of the parol… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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