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" So far I, at least, have no fault to find with implications of Hamilton's Federalism, but unfortunately his policy was in certain other respects tainted with a more doubtful tendency."
Herbert Croly

Meaning of "doubtful" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF DOUBTFUL

ˈdaʊtfʊl


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOUBTFUL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Doubtful can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DOUBTFUL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Doubt

Doubt, a status between belief and disbelief, involves uncertainty or distrust or lack of sureness of an alleged fact, an action, a motive, or a decision. Doubt brings into question some notion of a perceived "reality", and may involve delaying or rejecting relevant action out of concerns for mistakes or faults or appropriateness. Some definitions of doubt emphasize the state in which the mind remains suspended between two contradictory propositions and unable to assent to either of them. The concept of doubt covers a range of phenomena: one can characterise both deliberate questioning of uncertainties and an emotional state of indecision as "doubt".

Definition of doubtful in the English dictionary

The first definition of doubtful in the dictionary is unlikely; improbable. Other definition of doubtful is characterized by or causing doubt; uncertain. Doubtful is also unsettled; unresolved.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOUBTFUL

artful · boatful · delightful · disrespectful · fruitful · grateful · hateful · hurtful · impactful · insightful · lustful · misdoubtful · poutful · respectful · restful · rightful · tasteful · thoughtful · troutful · undoubtful

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOUBTFUL

doublespeaker · doublet · doublethink · doubleton · doubletree · doubling · doubloon · doublure · doubly · Doubs · doubt · doubtable · doubter · doubtfully · doubtfulness · doubting Thomas · doubtingly · doubtless · doubtlessly · doubtlessness

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOUBTFUL

basketful · boastful · deceitful · effortful · fistful · forgetful · frightful · hatful · lightful · mistrustful · pocketful · regretful · resentful · sportful · tactful · trustful · uneventful · unfruitful · wistful · zestful

Synonyms and antonyms of doubtful in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DOUBTFUL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «doubtful» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «doubtful» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF DOUBTFUL

Find out the translation of doubtful to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of doubtful from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «doubtful» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

疑惑的
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

dudoso
570 millions of speakers
en

English

doubtful
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

संदिग्ध
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مَشْكُوك فِيه
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

сомнительный
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

duvidoso
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সন্দিহান
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

douteux
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Ragu
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

zweifelhaft
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

疑わしい
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

의심스러운
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

gojag-gajeg
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đáng nghi
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

சந்தேகம்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

संशयास्पद
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

şüpheli
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

dubbioso
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

wątpliwy
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

сумнівний
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

nesigur
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αμφίβολος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

twyfelagtige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tveksam
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tvilsom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of doubtful

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOUBTFUL»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of doubtful
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «doubtful».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about doubtful

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «DOUBTFUL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word doubtful.
1
Aesop
A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.
2
Ed Balls
I would love to go on 'MasterChef'. But while I really like cooking, I'm doubtful anyone would ever want to pay for what I'd cooked.
3
Isaac Barrow
That justice should be administered between men, it is necessary that testimonies of fact be alleged; and that witnesses should apprehend themselves greatly obliged to discover the truth, according to their conscience, in dark and doubtful cases.
4
Anne Baxter
In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.
5
Julien Benda
Nothing seems to me more doubtful than Aristotle's remark that it is probable the arts and philosophy have several times been discovered and several times lost.
6
Russell Brand
As a person... I'm a little more doubtful, introspective and analytical.
7
Herbert Croly
So far I, at least, have no fault to find with implications of Hamilton's Federalism, but unfortunately his policy was in certain other respects tainted with a more doubtful tendency.
8
Garry Disher
Delaying and withholding tactics, red herrings, partial and doubtful outcomes are stock in trade for fiction writers, especially crime writers.
9
Jennifer Egan
I felt more doubtful than usual with 'Goon Squad,' because I knew that the book's genre wasn't easily named - Novel? Stories? Novel-in-stories? - and I worried that its lack of a clear category would count against it. My hopes for it were pretty modest.
10
Ronald Fisher
The tendency of modern scientific teaching is to neglect the great books, to lay far too much stress upon relatively unimportant modern work, and to present masses of detail of doubtful truth and questionable weight in such a way as to obscure principles.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOUBTFUL»

Discover the use of doubtful in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to doubtful and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Doubtful Strait
" --Colonial Latin American Historical Review In this book-length poem, Nicaraguan priest and revolutionary Ernesto Cardenal tells the story of the Spanish conquest of Central America from the "discovery" of the American continent to recent ...
Ernesto Cardenal, Tamara R. Williams, 1995
2
The Doubtful Guest
Being a tale--perhaps an allegory--of deceptive simplicity, with universal meaning for all civilized men and women, Gorey's "The Doubtful Guest" is republished here in a deluxe hardcover edition at an eerily low price.
Edward Gorey, 1998
3
A Doubtful River
Essays and photographs describe the course of the Truckee River and the people who depend on the river's water.
Robert Dawson, Mary Webb, Peter Goin, 2003
4
An Unknown Future and a Doubtful Present: Writing the ...
CMH Pub. 93-10. 1st printing.
Charles E. Kirkpatrick, 1990
5
The Doubtful Marriage
"I shall not insult your intelligence by saying that I love you!
Betty Neels, 2013
6
An Essay on Marketable Or Doubtful Titles to Real Estate
But having regard to the proposition, that a purchaser is not bound to take a doubtful title, without undertaking to determine precisely the limit and extent of that rule, I am of opinion that the case is within the sense of that proposition a doubtful ...
Solomon Atkinson, 1838
7
The Doubtful Plays of William Shakespeare
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series.
William Hazlitt, 2007
8
Doubtful Partners
The latest novel from the author of 'Eastern Exchange' is a light-hearted look at the barriers and frustrations in close attachments - especially those doubtful partnerships in which communication is entirely physical.
John Haylock, 1998
9
One Doubtful Hour
WHAT was the fortune of Flora?
Ella Hepworth Dixon, 2010
10
Fresh PerspectivesFinancial Accounting
The prudence concept requires that we create a provision for doubtful debts to show a more accurate balance for trade debtors. The provision is an estimate of the amount that we are doubtful about receiving from trade debtors. We create the ...
Esther Lodewyckx, Nadia Rhodes, Cassim Seedat, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOUBTFUL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term doubtful is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Greek Government Hopeful About Deal, ECB Head Doubtful
Greek Government Hopeful About Deal, ECB Head Doubtful. A Greek man walks by a broken marble National Bank sign outside a branch in ... «teleSUR English, Jul 15»
2
Low-cost airports linked to financial viability; plans for 50 cities doubtful
NEW DELHI: The Narendra Modi government has linked the development of no-frills airports to financial viability, a move that may lead to ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
3
Pakistan's participation in Asian Boxing C'ship doubtful
Pakistan's participation in Asian Boxing C'ship doubtful. Thursday, July 09, 2015 - Lahore—Pakistan chances to qualify for the Rio Olympics boxing event ... «Pakistan Observer, Jul 15»
4
Wong goes through concussion tests, doubtful for Game 2
Wong said he's doubtful for the night game at Wrigley. Manager Mike Matheny had not had a chance to talk with the medical staff and Wong ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»
5
Heat, humidity to linger; extreme heat doubtful
Over the next 6-10 days -- starting before that, in the next 5 -- the Southeast U.S. will be the epicenter for above-normal temperatures in the ... «Roanoke Times, Jul 15»
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American Apparel Plans Restructuring, Doubtful of Fund Raising
Clothing retailer American Apparel announced plans On Monday to restructure its struggling business and admitted that it may not be able to ... «Franchise Herald, Jul 15»
7
pm modi s idea of secularism doubtful says amartya sen
Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen has lashed out at Modi government accusing it of controlling academic institutions and expressed ... «Sahara Samay, Jul 15»
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Rory McIlroy ruptures ankle ligament, doubtful for British Open
The World #1 has already withdrawn from this week's Scottish Open and is doubtful for the British Open, to be held at St. Andrews for the first ... «The Sports Quotient, Jul 15»
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Buyouts of US-listed Chinese firms look doubtful
Bosses of groups like Qihoo 360 and Momo have offered to buy back their firms, eyeing higher valuations back home. But with mainland shares ... «Breakingviews, Jul 15»
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Letter: Doubtful Powerhouse district tax abatement will serve arts …
Mayor Fulop has figured out a way to get the waterfront out of his tax abatement tier program. Under the mayor's sliding scale, the waterfront is ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
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