Thesaurus / equivocal
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There never was a more equivocal expression; and such as it was then it still is.
A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY, VOLUME 1 (OF 10)FRANOIS-MARIE AROUET (AKA VOLTAIRE)The whole public law of Europe had its origin in equivocal expressions, beginning with the Salique law.
A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY, VOLUME 1 (OF 10)FRANOIS-MARIE AROUET (AKA VOLTAIRE)The climate of these animals is not therefore, equivocal; but it is more difficult to determine the relative bulk of each species.
BUFFON'S NATURAL HISTORY. VOLUME VII (OF 10)GEORGES LOUIS LECLERC DE BUFFONHe was "sick at heart of the equivocal position," and determined to "go on in a clearer path."
THE LIFE OF MAZZINIBOLTON KINGEven at first their acts were equivocal, and they soon came to be as illegal as they were oppressive.
THE LOYALISTS OF AMERICA AND THEIR TIMES, VOL. 1 OF 2EGERTON RYERSONHe found himself in a situation which to his conscience seemed equivocal.
PAUL PATOFFF. MARION CRAWFORDIt was a refusal couched in terms as little polite as they were equivocal.
CELEBRATED TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERSJULES VERNEI swallowed this equivocal compliment, nearly choking as I did so.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 56, NUMBER 348VARIOUSHe wondered whether Captain Downs would marry the couple in such equivocal fashion.
BLOW THE MAN DOWNHOLMAN DAYHe, the swindler, accused me of his own crime: the equivocal character of my uncle confirmed the charge.
NIGHT AND MORNING, COMPLETEEDWARD BULWER-LYTTONSYNONYM OF THE DAY
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WORDS RELATED TO EQUIVOCAL
- Delphian
- Delphic
- abstruse
- ambiguous
- apocryphal
- arcane
- cabalistic
- dark
- enigmatic
- equivocal
- esoteric
- evasive
- hidden
- incomprehensible
- inexplicable
- murky
- mysterious
- mystic
- mystical
- mystifying
- occult
- opaque
- oracular
- perplexing
- puzzling
- recondite
- secretive
- strange
- tenebrous
- unclear
- unfathomable
- uninformative
- vague
- veiled
- agnostic
- baffled
- confused
- disconcerted
- distracted
- distrustful
- disturbed
- doubting
- dubious
- equivocal
- faithless
- faltering
- flustered
- hesitant
- hesitating
- in a quandary
- in clouds
- in dilemma
- indecisive
- irresolute
- like doubting Thomas
- lost
- not following
- of two minds
- perplexed
- puzzled
- questioning
- skeptical
- suspicious
- tentative
- theoretical
- troubled
- uncertain
- unconvinced
- undecided
- unresolved
- unsettled
- unsure
- vacillating
- wavering
- without belief
- ambiguous
- baffling
- cagey
- deceitful
- deceptive
- difficult to catch
- elusory
- equivocal
- evanescent
- fallacious
- fleeting
- fraudulent
- fugacious
- fugitive
- greasy
- illusory
- imponderable
- incomprehensible
- indefinable
- insubstantial
- intangible
- misleading
- occult
- phantom
- puzzling
- shifty
- shy
- slippery
- stonewalling
- subtle
- transient
- transitory
- tricky
- unspecific
- volatile
- awkward
- bewildering
- compromising
- confusing
- delicate
- difficult
- disagreeable
- discomfiting
- discommoding
- discommodious
- disconcerting
- distracting
- distressing
- disturbing
- equivocal
- exasperating
- impossible
- incommodious
- inconvenient
- inopportune
- mortifying
- perplexing
- puzzling
- rattling
- sensitive
- shameful
- sticky
- ticklish
- touchy
- tricky
- troublesome
- troubling
- uncomfortable
- uneasy
- unpropitious
- unseemly
- upsetting
- worrisome
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