Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - dubious
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Dubious
dubious
adjective Etymology: Latin dubius, from dubare to vacillate; akin to Latin duo two — more at two Date: 1548 1. giving rise to uncertainty: as a. of doubtful promise or outcome a ~ plan b. questionable or suspect as to true nature or quality the practice is of ~ legality 2. unsettled in opinion ; doubtful I was ~ about the plan Synonyms: see doubtful • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun
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1.
adj. 1 hesitating or doubting (dubious about going). 2 of questionable value or truth (a dubious claim). 3 unreliable; suspicious (dubious company). 4 of doubtful result (a dubious undertaking). Derivatives dubiously adv. dubiousness n. Etymology: L dubiosus f. dubium doubt ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
3.
1. сомнительный; неясный; двусмысленный dubious answer —- двусмысленный ответ dubious advantage —- сомнительное преимущество 2. нерешенный, находящийся под вопросом dubious battle —- битва с неясным исходом dubious result —- неясный результат 3. подозрительный, сомнительный; темный dubious character —- подозрительная личность dubious transaction —- темное дело dubious company —- сомнительное общество 4. сомневающийся, колеблющийся dubious what to do —- не знающий, что делать dubious of (about) smb.'s honesty —- сомневающийся в чьей-л. честности I'm dubious of sanctions —- санкции кажутся мне сомнительной мерой 5. выражающий или отражающий сомнение his face had a dubious expression —- на его лице отразилось сомнение; судя по лицу, он сомневался ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
adj. 1) сомнительный, подозрительный - dubious character 2) сомневающийся, колеблющийся Syn: see doubtful DUBIOUS character подозрительная личность ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
1. If you describe something as dubious, you mean that you do not consider it to be completely honest, safe, or reliable. This claim seems to us to be rather dubious... = questionable ADJ • dubiously Carter was dubiously convicted of shooting three white men in a bar. ADV: ADV after v, ADV adj/-ed 2. If you are dubious about something, you are not completely sure about it and have not yet made up your mind about it. My parents were dubious about it at first but we soon convinced them. = doubtful ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ about n • dubiously He eyed Coyne dubiously. ADV 3. If you say that someone has the dubious honour or the dubious pleasure of doing something, you are indicating that what they are doing is not an honour or pleasure at all, but is, in fact, unpleasant or bad. Nagy has the dubious honour of being the first athlete to be banned in this way... ADJ: ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
6.
~ adj 1 be dubious to not be sure whether something is good or true + abou (I'm a bit dubious about the idea of lending Jim my car.) 2 making you doubt whether someone or something is honest, safe etc (He looks like a dubious character. | highly dubious) (This deal sounds highly dubious to me.) - dubiously adv - dubiousness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
7.
- 1548, from L. dubiosus "doubtful," from dubium "doubt," neuter of dubius "doubtful," from duo "two," in the sense of "of two minds, undecided between two things." O.E. also used tweo "two" to mean "doubt." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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