Doubting; hesitating; wavering or fluctuating in opinion, but inclined to doubt.Doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt or uncertainty; difficult to determine or relieve of uncertainty; not distinct or plain; puzzling: as, a dubious question; a dubious light.Of uncertain event or issue: as, a dubious undertaking.Liable to doubt or suspicion; of doubtful quality or propriety; questionable: as, a man of dubious character; a dubious transaction; his morals or his methods are dubious. Synonyms Unsettled, undetermined.Doubtful, Ambiguous, etc. (see obscure, a.); questionable, problematical, puzzling.