ambiguousness

nounvagueness

Synonyms for ambiguousness

noun vagueness

Word Origin & History

1520s, from Latin ambiguus "having double meaning, shifting, changeable, doubtful," adjective derived from ambigere "to dispute about," literally "to wander," from ambi- "about" (see ambi-) + agere "drive, lead, act" (see act). Sir Thomas More (1528) seems to have first used it in English, but ambiguity dates back to c.1400. Related: Ambiguously; ambiguousness.

Example Sentences forambiguousness

I have tried to render approximately the ambiguousness of the original.

Let the ambiguous procession of events reveal their own ambiguousness.

A nameless ecstacy thrilled through my frame when any new proof occurred that the ambiguousness of my behaviour was the cause.

Of course he would see to it that not a shadow of ambiguousness was allowed to rest on such a name.

ambiguousness

Synonyms for ambiguousness

equivocality

equivocalness

equivoque

indefiniteness

nebulousness

ambiguousness

Synonyms for ambiguousness

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