Search Result:ambiguous
KK Pronunciation
〔 æmˋbIgjUәs 〕
Pronunciation
〔 æmˊbiɡjuәs 〕
Overview of adj ambiguous
The adj ambiguous has 3 senses
- equivocal, ambiguous -- (open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead; "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question")
- ambiguous -- (having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words"; "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy")
- ambiguous -- (having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns; "an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference"; "ambiguous inkblots")