Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dubiousness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables: du-bi-ous-ness
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being dubious or suspicious.

Uncountable

noun

Doubt; uncertainty.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The dubiousness of the old rope bridge deterred me from trying to cross."
"All his occasional pangs of dubiousness as to the grand governing thing of all—the reality of the physical relationship—only recoiled back upon him with added tribute of both certainty and insolubleness."

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin dubiusbor. English dubious Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English dubiousness From dubious + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

dubiousnesses (plural)

Synonyms

doubt doubtfulness question uncertainty incertitude dubiety

Questions

What does dubiousness mean?: The state of being dubious or suspicious.
Where does dubiousness come from?: Etymology tree Latin dubiusbor. English dubious Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English dubiousness From dubious + -ness.

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