English-Thai Dictionary

ambiguous

ADJ ที่ กำกวม  ที่ ตีความหมาย ได้ มากกว่า หนึ่ง  ti-khwam-kam-kuam

 

ambiguous

ADJ ที่ ไม่ชัด เจน  เคลือบคลุม  คลุมเครือ  ไม่ กระจ่าง  obscure vague clear explicit ti-mai-chad-jen

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AMBIGUOUS

a.[L. ambiguus.] Having two or more meanings; doubtful; being of uncertain signification; susceptible of different interpretations; hence, obscure. It is applied to words and expressions; not to a dubious state of mind, though it may be to a person using words of doubtful signification.
The ancient oracles were ambiguous, as were their answers.

 

AMBIGUOUSLY

adv. In an ambiguous manner; with doubtful meaning.

 

AMBIGUOUSNESS

n.The quality of being ambiguous; uncertainty of meaning; ambiguity; and hence, obscurity.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AMBIGUOUS

Am *big "u *ous, a. Etym: [L. ambiguus, fr. ambigere to wander about, waver; amb- + agere to drive. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

AMBIGUOUSLY

AMBIGUOUSLY Am *big "u *ous *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an ambiguous manner; with doubtful meaning.

 

AMBIGUOUSNESS

AMBIGUOUSNESS Am *big "u *ous *ness, n.

 

Defn: Ambiguity.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ambiguous

am big u ous |amˈbigyo͞oəs æmˈbɪɡjuəs | ▶adjective (of language ) open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning: the question is rather ambiguous | ambiguous phrases. • unclear or inexact because a choice between alternatives has not been made: this whole society is morally ambiguous | the election result was ambiguous. DERIVATIVES am big u ous ly adverb, am big u ous ness noun ORIGIN early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘indistinct, obscure ’): from Latin ambiguus ‘doubtful ’ (from ambigere ‘waver, go around, ’ from ambi- ‘both ways ’ + agere ‘to drive ’) + -ous .

 

Oxford Dictionary

ambiguous

ambiguous |amˈbɪgjʊəs | ▶adjective open to more than one interpretation; not having one obvious meaning: ambiguous phrases. • not clear or decided: the election result was ambiguous. DERIVATIVES ambiguously adverb, ambiguousness noun ORIGIN early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘indistinct, obscure ’): from Latin ambiguus ‘doubtful ’ (from ambigere ‘waver, go around ’, from ambi- ‘both ways ’ + agere ‘to drive ’) + -ous .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ambiguous

ambiguous adjective an ambiguous explanation: equivocal, ambivalent, open to debate /argument, arguable, debatable; obscure, unclear, imprecise, vague, abstruse, doubtful, dubious, uncertain. ANTONYMS clear.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ambiguous

ambiguous adjective the judge agreed that the law was ambiguous: equivocal, ambivalent, open to debate, open to argument, arguable, debatable; Delphic, cryptic, enigmatic, gnomic, paradoxical, misleading; obscure, unclear, vague, abstruse, puzzling, perplexing, riddling, doubtful, dubious, uncertain; double-edged, backhanded. ANTONYMS unambiguous, clear.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ambiguous

am big u ous /æmbɪ́ɡjuəs / (! 強勢は第2音節 ) 形容詞 more ～; most ～1 (2つ以上の意味に解釈できて )あいまいな (↔unambiguous , obvious ; →equivocal )▸ avoid an ambiguous expression あいまいな表現を避ける 2 理解しにくい ; ぼんやりした .3 不確かな ; 不安定な ▸ an ambiguous position 微妙な立場 ～ly 副詞