Associations to the word «Ambiguous»
Noun
- Clause
- Indochina
- Tat
- Relationship
- Motive
- Negative
- Characterization
- Motivation
- Blot
- Symbolism
- Metaphor
- Fate
- Uncertainty
- Identity
- Hadith
- Clinician
- Vowel
- Kuhn
- Abstract
- Usage
- Triton
- Ontology
- Situation
- Syntax
- Nomenclature
- Vis
- Numeral
- Portrayal
- Verb
- Narrator
- Overly
- Quran
- Perception
- Resolve
- Or
- Perseus
- Positive
- Puberty
- Stereotype
- Imagery
- Confusion
- Spelling
- Lyric
- Homosexuality
- Expression
- Testosterone
- Syllable
- Inference
- Infant
- Listener
- Attribution
- Intent
- Schema
- Chord
- Viewer
Adjective
Wiktionary
AMBIGUOUS, adjective. Open to multiple interpretations.
AMBIGUOUS, adjective. Vague and unclear.
AMBIGUOUS, adjective. (obsolete) (of persons) Hesitant; uncertain; not taking sides.
Dictionary definition
AMBIGUOUS, adjective. 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".
AMBIGUOUS, adjective. Having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words"; "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy".
AMBIGUOUS, adjective. Having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns; "an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference"; "ambiguous inkblots".
Wise words
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