Home > Synonyms > Synonyms for dubiousness

Synonyms for dubiousness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : doo-bee-uhs, dyoo-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdu bi əs, ˈdyu-

Définition 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

Antonyms for dubiousness

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019