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ambiguous Adjective having more than one possible interpretation [Latin ambigere to go around] ambiguously adv
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ambiguous adjective unclear, puzzling, uncertain, obscure, vague, doubtful, dubious, enigmatic, indefinite, inconclusive, cryptic, indeterminate, equivocal, Delphic, oracular, enigmatical, clear as mud (informal) << OPPOSITE clear Translations adj ambiguous [ӕmˈbigjuəs] having more than one possible meaning After the cat caught the mouse, it died is an ambiguous statement (ie it is not clear whether it = the cat or = the mouse). dubbelsinnig غَامِض двусмислен dvojznačný tvetydig doppeldeutig διφορούμενος ambiguo mitmetähenduslik مبهم؛ دوپهلو moniselitteinen ambigu דוּ-מַשמָעִי द्वयर्थी dvosmislen kétértelmű arti mendua, taksa, ambigu tvíræður, margræður ambiguo あいまいな 애매한 dviprasmiškas divdomīgs; neskaidrs samar dubbelzinnig tvetydig dwuznaczny ambíguo ambiguu двусмысленный dvojznačný dvoumen dvosmislen tvetydig ที่กำกวม; คลุมเครือ anlamı belirsiz 意思含糊的,含糊的 двозначний; неясний مبہم mơ hồ 可能有两种以上解释的 adv amˈbiguously dubbelsinnig بِصُورَة غَامِضَه двусмислено dvojznačně tvetydigt doppeldeutig ασαφώς, διφορούμενα ambiguamente, de forma ambigua mitmemõtteliselt بطور مبهم moniselitteisesti de façon ambiguë בְּצוָּרה דוּ-מַשמָעִית द्वयर्थी रूप से dvosmisleno kétértelműen secara mendua, secara taksa á tvíræðan hátt in modo ambiguo あいまいに 애매모호하게 dviprasmiškai divdomīgi; neskaidri samar dubbelzinnig tvetydig dwuznacznie ambiguamente (în mod) ambiguu двусмысленно dvojzmyselne dvoumno dvosmisleno tvetydigt อย่างกำกวม; อย่างคลุมเครือ anlamı belirsiz bir şekilde 模棱兩可地 двозначно; неясно مبہم طور پر mơ hồ 模棱两可地 n ambiˈguity [-ˈgjuː-] dubbelsinnigheid غُمُوض двусмислие dvojznačnost tvetydighed die Doppeldeutigkeit ασάφεια ambigüedad mitmemõttelisus ابهام moniselitteisyys ambiguïté דוּ-מַשׁמָעוּת द्वयर्थी dvosmislenost kétértelműség, kettős értelem tvíræðni ambiguità 不明瞭さ 불명료 dviprasmiškumas divdomība; neskaidrība kesamaran dubbelzinnigheid tvetydighet dwuznaczność ambiguidade ambiguitate двусмысленность dvojznačnosť dvoumnost dvosmislenost tvetydighet ความกำกวม belirsizlik, iki anlamlılık 意義含糊;歧義 двозначність, неясність ابہام sự mơ hồ 意义含糊;歧义 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But be all this as it may; let the unseen, ambiguous synod in the air, or the vindictive princes and potentates of fire, have to do or not with earthly Ahab, yet, in this present matter of his leg, he took plain practical procedures; --he called the carpenter. He would have pardoned me, he would certainly have pardoned me, if I had not said anything to him about that cursed baldric--in ambiguous words, it is true, but rather drolly ambiguous. This circumstance, coupled with his ambiguous, half-hinting, half-revealing, shrouded sort of talk, now begat in me all kinds of vague wonderments and half-apprehensions, and all connected with the Pequod; and Captain Ahab; and the leg he had lost; and the Cape Horn fit; and the silver calabash; and what Captain Peleg had said of him, when I left the ship the day previous; and the prediction of the squaw Tistig; and the voyage we had bound ourselves to sail; and a hundred other shadowy things. |
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