Thesaurus: ambiguous
Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression.
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- a. Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression.
- adj. open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead
- adj. having more than one possible meaning
- adj. having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns
- Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression. What have been thy answers What but dark, Ambiguous, and with double sense deluding Milton. Syn. -- Doubtful; dubious; uncertain; unsettled; indistinct; indeterminate; indefinite. See Equivocal.
- Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect tosignification; capable of being understood in either of two or morepossible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguousexpression.What have been thy answers What but dark, Ambiguous, and with doublesense deluding Milton.
- j:100 a. having more than one possible meaning s. having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns