Definition of dubious

"dubious" in the adjective sense

1. 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"

2. 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

3. dubious

not convinced

"they admitted the force of my argument but remained dubious"

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Quotations for dubious

Man on the dubious waves of error toss'd. [ Cowper ]

Jove weighs affairs of earth in dubious scales.
And the good suffers while the bad prevails. [ Homer ]

He is a friend who, in dubious circumstances, aids in deeds when deeds are necessary. [ Plautus ]

A blush is no language: only a dubious flag-signal which may mean either of two contradictories. [ George Eliot ]

Scepticism commonly takes up the room left by defect of imagination, and is the very quality of mind most likely to seek for sensual proof of supersensual things. If one came from the dead it could not believe; and yet it longs for such a witness, and will put up with a very dubious one. [ Lowell ]

dubious in Scrabble®

The word dubious is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters dubious:

DUBIOUS
(90 = 40 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word dubious

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dubious in Words With Friends™

The word dubious is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters dubious:

DUBIOUS
(110 = 75 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

dubious

 

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In dubious

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Words within the letters of dubious

2 letter words in dubious (6 words)

3 letter words in dubious (10 words)

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7 letter words in dubious (1 word)

dubious + 2 blanks (2 words)

Words containing the sequence dubious

Words that start with dubious (3 words)

Words with dubious in them (1 word)

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