dubious
/ˈdjuːbɪəs/
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American sound/ˈdjuːbɪəs/
dubious
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du - bious -> dubious
Myanmar meaning
(adj) သံသယရှိသော။
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dubious /'dju:biǝs; US 'du:-/ adj
၁။ ~ (about sth/doing sth) သံသယရှိသော။
I remain dubious about her motives. ❍ Toby looked highly dubious.
၂။ (derog ) မယုံကြည်ရသော။ စိတ်မချရသော။
a rather dubious character ❍ a dubious business venture ❍ His background is a little dubious, to say the least.
၃။ (esp ironic ) (ချီးမွမ်း ခြေကျောက် သုံးသောစကား)။ မဟုတ်လောက်သော။
She had the dubious honour of being the last woman to be hanged in England. dubiously adv
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Synonyms
doubtful, uncertain, unsure, undecided, unconvinced, in doubt, questioning, hesitant, suspicious, ambiguous, arguable, chancy, debatable, diffident, disinclined, disputable, dubitable, equivocal, far-fetched, fishy, fly-by-night, iffy, imprecise, improbable, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, mistrustful, moot, mootable, obscure, open, perplexed, problematic, problematical, questionable, reluctant, shady, skeptical, suspect, touch and go, trustless, unassured, unclear, undependable, unlikely, unreliable, unsavory, unsettled, untrustworthy, untrusty, vague, wavering
Antonyms
aboveboard, believable, certain, clear, definite, determined, doubtless, honest, indisputably, indubious, likely, no ifs ands or buts, positive, probable, reliable, secure, settled, sure, trustworthy, trusty, unambiguous, undoubted, undoubtful, unequivocally, unobscure, unquestionable, without doubt
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