Meaning of AMBIGUOUS
| Pronunciation: | | am'bigyoous
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- [adj] having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words"; "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy"
- [adj] 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"
- [adj] (psychology) having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns; "an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference"; "ambiguous inkblots"
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| | Synonyms: | | ambivalent, double, double-barreled, double-barrelled, double-edged, enigmatic, evasive, forked, indeterminate, left-handed, multivalent, multi-valued, oracular, polysemantic, polysemous, uncertain, unstructured |
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| | Antonyms: | | unambiguous, unequivocal, univocal | | |
| | See Also: | | ambiguous, equivocal, unclear | |
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| | Definition: | | Ambiguous
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| | Definition: | | \Am*big"u*ous\, a. [L. ambiguus, fr. ambigere to
wander about, waver; amb- + agere to drive.]
Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to
signification; capable of being understood in either of two
or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course;
an ambiguous expression.
What have been thy answers? What but dark, Ambiguous,
and with double sense deluding? --Milton.
Syn: Doubtful; dubious; uncertain; unsettled; indistinct;
indeterminate; indefinite. See {Equivocal}.
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