Equivocal Definition & Meaning
equivocal
- adjective
- open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead; "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question"
- open to question; "aliens of equivocal loyalty"; "his conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the union into which he had forced his son"-Anna Jameson
- uncertain as a sign or indication; "the evidence from bacteriologic analysis was equivocal"
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- What does equivocal mean?
- open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead; "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question" open to question; "aliens of equivocal loyalty
- What part of speech is equivocal?
- Equivocal is an adjective.
- How many definitions does equivocal have?
- Equivocal has 3 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).