doubtful

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   fraught with uncertainty or doubt

   they were doubtful that the cord would hold

2. 2
   adj

   open to doubt or suspicion

   the candidate's doubtful past

3. 3
   adj

   Suspicious, or of dubious character.

   Yet it is not the predominant views of the experts but the views of a minority, mostly of rather doubtful standing in their profession, which are taken up and spread by the intellectuals.

4. 4
   adj

   Unclear or unreliable.

   The pupils of her great eyes were large in the doubtful lamplight, swallowing their green fires in deep pools of mystery and darkness.

5. 5
   noun

   A doubtful person or thing.

   They had their lists of Liberals and of the doubtfuls who still remained doubtful. As the election drew near, the force of the whole organization was turned upon these unrepentant doubtfuls.

6. 6
   adj

   unsettled in mind or opinion

7. 7
   adj

   Subject to, or causing doubt.

8. 8
   adj

   Experiencing or showing doubt, skeptical.

Etymology

From Middle English doutfull, douteful, equivalent to doubt + -ful.