equivocal als bijvoeglijk naamwoord: - 1
- 2
- 3
equivocal
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
1 equivocal
Open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead:
— An equivocal statement.
— The polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates.
— The officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness.
— Popularity is an equivocal crown.
— An equivocal response to an embarrassing question.
synoniem: ambiguous.
Roget 961:
impure;
unclean
etc.
(dirty)
653;
not to be mentioned to ears polite;
immodest,
shameless;
indecorous,
indelicate,
indecent;
Fescennine;
loose,
risque [Fr.],
coarse,
gross,
broad,
free,
equivocal,
smutty,
fulsome,
ribald,
obscene,
bawdy,
pornographic.
concupiscent,
prurient,
lickerish†,
rampant,
lustful;
carnal,
carnal-minded;
lewd,
lascivious,
lecherous,
libidinous,
erotic,
ruttish,
salacious;
Paphian;
voluptuous;
goatish,
must,
musty.
unchaste,
light,
wanton,
licentious,
debauched,
dissolute;
of loose character,
of easy virtue;
frail,
gay,
riggish†,
incontinent,
meretricious,
rakish,
gallant,
dissipated;
no better than she should be;
on the town,
on the streets,
on the pave,
on the loose.
adulterous,
incestuous,
bestial.
... meer laten zien
Roget 520:
equivocal,
ambiguous,
amphibolous†,
homonymous†;
double-tongued
etc.
(lying)
544;
enigmatical,
indeterminate.
Roget 475:
uncertain;
casual;
random
etc.
(aimless)
621;
changeable
etc.
149.
doubtful,
dubious;
indecisive;
unsettled,
undecided,
undetermined;
in suspense,
open to discussion;
controvertible;
in question
etc.
(inquiry)
461.
vague;
indeterminate,
indefinite;
ambiguous,
equivocal;
undefined,
undefinable;
confused
etc.
(indistinct)
447;
mystic,
oracular;
dazed.
perplexing
etc.
v.;
enigmatic,
paradoxical,
apocryphal,
problematical,
hypothetical;
experimental
etc.
463.
unpredictable,
unforeseeable
(unknowable)
519.
fallible,
questionable,
precarious,
slippery,
ticklish,
debatable,
disputable;
unreliable,
untrustworthy.
contingent,
contingent on,
dependent on;
subject to;
dependent on circumstances;
occasional;
provisional.
unauthentic,
unauthenticated,
unauthoritative;
unascertained,
unconfirmed;
undemonstrated;
untold,
uncounted.
in a state of uncertainty,
in a cloud,
in a maze;
bushed,
off the track;
ignorant,
etc.
491;
afraid to say;
out of one's reckoning,
astray,
adrift;
at sea,
at fault,
at a loss,
at one's wit's end,
at a nonplus;
puzzled
etc.
v.;
lost,
abroad,
d_esorient_e;
distracted,
distraught.
... meer laten zien
Pools: wieloznaczny
2 equivocal
3 equivocal
Uncertain as a sign or indication.
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: agnostic, amalgamated, ambagious, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, amphibolic, amphibological, amphibolous, antinomic, blended, borderline, capricious, chancy, changeable, circumlocutory, clear as mud, clouded, combined, complex, composite, compound, compounded, conglomerate, dappled, dicey, dishonest, disreputable, doubtful, doubting, dubious, duplicitous, eclectic, enigmatic, enigmatical, equivocatory, erratic, evasive, fickle, fifty-fifty, fishy, forsworn, half-and-half, hazy, hedging, hesitant, hesitating, heterogeneous, incalculable, indecisive, indefinite, indemonstrable, indeterminate, indiscriminate, indistinct, intricate, ironic, irresolute, jumbled, lying, many-sided, medley, mendacious, mingled, miscellaneous, misleading, mixed, motley, multifaceted, multinational, multiracial, multivocal, mysterious, oblique, obscure, open, open to question, oxymoronic, paradoxical, patchy, perjured, perplexing, pluralistic, polysemantic, polysemous, prevaricating, problematic, promiscuous, puzzling, questionable, roundabout, scrambled, self-contradictory, skeptical, suspect, suspicious, syncretic, tenebrous, tergiversant, tergiversating, thrown together, touch-and-go, truthless, unaccountable, uncertain, unclear, unconfirmable, unconvinced, undecided, undivinable, unforeseeable, unintelligible, unpersuaded, unpredictable, unprovable, unsure, untruthful, unveracious, unverifiable, vague, variable, varied, waffling, wavering, weasel-worded, whimsical, wishy-washy ... meer laten zien.
debug info: 0.034