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Definition of ambiguous : Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression.

Synonyms:

double-barreled, borderline, Delphic, indistinct, indecisive, ill-defined, two-edged, complicated, certain, dubious, evasive, hollow, incomprehensible, problematic, obscure, inscrutable, polysemous, indeterminate, suspicious, clouded, multivalent, ambiguity, clear, double, intricate, involved, multi-valued, inconclusive, inexplicit, double-edged, unstructured, double-barrelled, mystic, elliptical, arcane, unsure, cloudy, contorted, questionable, deep, murky, polysemantic, dark, chancy, mysterious, difficult, enigmatical, indefinite, enigmatic, elaborate, confused, perplexing, oracular, complex, iffy, cryptic, nonsense, problematical, nebulous, dubitable, occult, meaningless, left-handed, forked, opaque, unclear, confusing, doubtful, fuliginous

study atobscure, equivocal, uncertain, vague, double-entendre, misleading, amphibolic, ambivalent

Usage examples:

• Just wait a little, Melissa; there's a good deal more to follow yet"- an ambiguous utterance to which the girl gave the meaning that her most vital hope required. - "Under the Skylights", Henry Blake Fuller.
• In her presence he never dared to use ambiguous and frivolous language. - "The Coming Conquest of England", August Niemann.
• The very word for " doubtful" or " ambiguous," dubeni or dub'na, is of this description. - "The English Gipsies and Their Language", Charles G. Leland.