Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: doubtful
IPA transcription: [d'aʊtfəl]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: doubtful, dubious, dubitable, in_question(p)
    Meaning: open to doubt or suspicion; "the candidate's doubtful past"; "he has a dubious record indeed"; "what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false"; "it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought"- Karen Horney
  • Synonyms: doubtful, dubious
    Meaning: fraught with uncertainty or doubt; "they were doubtful that the cord would hold"; "it was doubtful whether she would be admitted"; "dubious about agreeing to go"
Usage examples
  • Noakes looked doubtful.
  • Don't walk in doubtful paths.
  • 'I thought you seemed a little doubtful.'
  • This is at least doubtful, if not more than that.
  • I have been doubtful, troubled, almost distracted.
  • Doubtful, considering that she was entirely by herself.
  • This would leave one thousand doubtful ones to win over.
  • To me it seems at least doubtful that he possesses anything at all."
  • And that he is alive at all is doubtful, for his trips do not tire him.
  • Is it doubtful that this would lead to extravagance, if not to corruption?