Antonyms for dubiousness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : doo-bee-uhs, dyoo-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdu bi əs, ˈdyu-

Definition of dubiousness

Origin : 1540s, from Latin dubiosus "doubtful," from dubium "doubt," neuter of dubius "vacillating, moving two ways, fluctuating;" figuratively "wavering in opinion, doubting, doubtful," from duo "two" (see two), with a sense of "of two minds, undecided between two things." Old English also used tweo "two" to mean "doubt." Cf. doubt (v.). Related: Dubiously; dubiousness.

noun doubt

Example sentences :

In a few words he told her of his despair and of the dubiousness of his position.
Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill

Diogenes eyed her with a dubiousness that soon became certainty.
Extract from : « The Proud Prince » by Justin Huntly McCarthy

This time she was sure that no dubiousness lurked beneath his tone.
Extract from : « A Veldt Official » by Bertram Mitford

Mr. Bennett contemplated him with just a tinge of dubiousness in his look.
Extract from : « Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

It is unnecessary to point out the dubiousness of this theory!
Extract from : « South America » by W. H. Koebel

The officer peered at him from under the brim of his hat, dubiousness writ plain on his young, good-looking face.
Extract from : « Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town » by Cory Doctorow

A neighboring cauldron was threatening to overflow, and this added to the dubiousness of the situation.
Extract from : « Roughing It » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

I did not overlook the evils of constraint and the dubiousness as to the character of the master I should choose.
Extract from : « Arthur Mervyn » by Charles Brockden Brown

The marks of dubiousness and indecision which accompanied these words encouraged me in endeavouring to subdue his scruples.
Extract from : « Arthur Mervyn » by Charles Brockden Brown

Hence the vagueness, discrepancy, and dubiousness with which the ancients express themselves on this subject.
Extract from : « The Essence of Christianity » by Ludwig Feuerbach

Synonyms for dubiousness

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