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doubtful   (TTS Sound)

The adj doubtful has 3 senses

• doubtful, dubious, dubitable, in question -- (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)


• doubtful, dubious -- (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")


• doubtful, tentative -- (unsettled in mind or opinion; "drew a few tentative conclusions")