equivocal English

Meaning equivocal meaning

What does equivocal mean?

equivocal

— adjective (= ambiguous) 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

— adjective uncertain as a sign or indication the evidence from bacteriologic analysis was equivocal

— adjective open to question aliens of equivocal loyalty his conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the union into which he had forced his son — Anna Jameson

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ambiguous

dubious

uncertain

obscure

doubtful

vague

questionable

unsure

unclear

suspicious

precarious

misleading

evasive

debatable

borderline

ambivalent

unverifiable

unreliable

unobjective

unguaranteed

unfixed

unestablished

undertermined

undependable

undecided

unassured

unassertive

touch-and-go

sly

shady

problematical

problematic

polysemous

plurivalent

oracular

mysterious

insecure

infirm

incertain

iffy

homonymous

having many meanings

furtive

fluky

flukey

floating

faltering

equivoque

equivocation

dubitable