Dictionary entry

Dubious

Pronunciation: /ˈdjuːbɪəs/

Pronunciation

/ˈdjuːbɪəs/

Myanmar Meaning

(adj) သံသယရှိသော။

Definition

dubious /'dju:biǝs; US 'du:-/ adj ၁။ ~ (about sth/doing sth) သံသယရိွေသာ။ I remain dubious about her motives. ❍ Toby looked highly dubious. ၂။ ( derog ) မယံုၾကည္ရေသာ။ စိတ္မခ်ရေသာ။ a rather dubious character ❍ a dubious business venture ❍ His background is a little dubious, to say the least. ၃။ ( esp ironic ) (ခ်ီးမြမ္း ေျခေက်ာက္ သံုးေသာစကား)။ မဟုတ္ေလာက္ေသာ။ She had the dubious honour of being the last woman to be hanged in England. dubiously adv

Examples

  1. He had a dubious reputation in the business.
  2. The story seemed a bit dubious to me.
  3. [dubious about] : I’m very dubious about his ability to do the job.
  4. We were dubious about signing the deal.
  5. [a dubious honour/pleasure/distinction] : I had the dubious pleasure of meeting him last night.