dubiousness

English

Etymology

From dubious +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

dubiousness (usually uncountable, plural dubiousnesses)

1. The state of being dubious or suspicious.

   The dubiousness of the old rope bridge deterred me from trying to cross.

2. Doubt; uncertainty.
   • 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:

     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.