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1 contestable
contestable [kɔ̃tεstabl]adjective* * *kɔ̃tɛstabladjectif questionable* * *kɔ̃tɛstabl adj* * *contestable adj questionable.[kɔ̃tɛstabl] adjectif -
2 douteux
douteux, -euse [dutø, øz]adjectivea. ( = incertain) doubtful• il est douteux que... it is doubtful whether...• il n'est pas douteux que... there is no doubt that...b. (pejorative) [propreté, qualité, mœurs] dubious• d'un goût douteux [décoration, cravate, plaisanterie] in dubious taste* * *- euse dutø, øz adjectif1) ( peu certain) [résultat, succès] uncertain2) ( ambigu) [sens, réponse] ambiguous3) ( sujet à caution) [honnêteté, renseignements] dubious4) ( suspect) [affaire, individu] shady; [hygiène, viande] dubious* * *dutø, øz adj (-euse)1) (= incertain) doubtful2) (= discutable) dubious, questionable3) péjoratif (individu) suspicious-looking* * *1 ( peu certain) [résultat, issue, succès] uncertain; il est douteux qu'il ait pu s'échapper it is unlikely that he was able to escape;2 ( ambigu) [sens, réponse] ambiguous;3 ( sujet à caution) [honnêteté, innocence, renseignements] dubious; [sincérité, authenticité] dubious, doubtful;4 ( suspect) [affaire, individu, transactions, profits] shady; [propreté, hygiène, fraîcheur] dubious, questionable; [plat, viande] dubious, suspect; cravate d'un goût douteux tie in dubious taste; plaisanterie d'un goût douteux joke in dubious taste.1. [non certain, non assuré - authenticité, fait] doubtful, uncertain, questionable ; [ - avenir, issue, origine etc.] doubtful, uncertain ; [ - signature] doubtfulil est douteux que... it's doubtful whether...2. (péjoratif) [inspirant la méfiance - individu] dubious-looking ; [ - comportement, manœuvres, passé etc.] dubious, questionablele portrait/sa plaisanterie était d'un goût douteux the portrait/her joke was in dubious taste3. [sale, dangereux] dubious
См. также в других словарях:
Dubiously — Du bi*ous*ly, adv. In a dubious manner. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dubiously — adv. Dubiously is used with these verbs: ↑look … Collocations dictionary
dubiously — dubious ► ADJECTIVE 1) hesitating or doubting. 2) not to be relied upon. 3) of questionable value; suspect. DERIVATIVES dubiously adverb dubiousness noun. ORIGIN Latin dubiosus, from dubium a doubt … English terms dictionary
dubiously — adverb see dubious … New Collegiate Dictionary
dubiously — See dubious. * * * … Universalium
dubiously — adverb a) in a dubious manner b) accompanied by doubt … Wiktionary
dubiously — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. doubtfully, doubtingly, indecisively; see suspiciously . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adverb With skepticism: askance, doubtfully, ques tioningly, skeptically. Idiom: with a grain of salt. See BELIEF … English dictionary for students
dubiously — adv. doubtfully, uncertainly … English contemporary dictionary
dubiously — du·bi·ous·ly … English syllables
dubiously — See: dubious … English dictionary
dubiously — adverb 1. in a questionable and dubious manner these were estates his father questionably acquired • Syn: ↑questionably • Derived from adjective: ↑dubious, ↑questionable (for: ↑questionably) … Useful english dictionary