Ambiguous
21ambiguous */ — UK [æmˈbɪɡjuəs] / US adjective 1) not clear and therefore capable of being understood in more than one way The wording of his statement was highly ambiguous. 2) confusing or not definite, and therefore difficult to understand Their position in… …
22ambiguous — [æmˈbɪgjuəs] adj something that is ambiguous is not clear because it has more than one possible meaning or intention Ant: unambiguous The wording of his statement was highly ambiguous.[/ex] ambiguously adv …
23ambiguous — /æmˈbɪgjuəs / (say am bigyoohuhs) adjective 1. open to various interpretations; having a double meaning; equivocal: an ambiguous answer. 2. of doubtful or uncertain nature; difficult to comprehend, distinguish, or classify: a rock of ambiguous… …
24ambiguous — [16] Ambiguous carries the etymological notion of ‘wandering around uncertainly’. It comes ultimately from the Latin compound verb ambigere, which was formed from the prefix ambi (as in AMBIDEXTROUS) and the verb agere ‘drive, lead’ (a prodigious …
25ambiguous — See ambiguous, equivocal, unequivocal …
26ambiguous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. vague, undecided, uncertain; obscure, undefined. See doubt, latency, obscurity, unintelligibility. Ant., clear, explicit. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. equivocal, enigmatic, vague, amphibolic; see… …
27ambiguous — , equivocal Both mean vague and open to more than one interpretation. But whereas an ambiguous statement may be vague by accident or by intent, an equivocal one is calculatedly unclear …
28ambiguous — homosexual or bisexual • Literally, having more than one meaning or being hard to classify: By associating herself with the free love movement, by marrying a man with ambiguous sexual interests... (Pearsall, 1969) …
29ambiguous — adjective an ambiguous explanation Syn: equivocal, ambivalent, open to debate/argument, arguable, debatable; obscure, unclear, imprecise, vague, abstruse, doubtful, dubious, uncertain See note at doubtful Ant …
30Ambiguous (film) — Ambiguous DVD cover for Ambiguous (2003) Directed by Toshiya Ueno[1] Produced by …
