AMBIGUOUS

ambiguous

(adjective) having more than one possible meaning; “ambiguous words”; “frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy”

equivocal, ambiguous

(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”

ambiguous

(adjective) having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns; “an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference”; “ambiguous inkblots”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

ambiguous (comparative more ambiguous, superlative most ambiguous)

Open to multiple interpretations.

Synonym: equivocal

Antonym: unambiguous

Vague and unclear.

Antonyms: unambiguous, clear, precise

(obsolete, of persons) Hesitant; uncertain; not taking sides.

Source: Wiktionary

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Am*big"u*ous, a. Etym: [L. ambiguus, fr. ambigere to wander about, waver; amb- + agere to drive.]

Definition: 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. What have been thy answers What but dark, Ambiguous, and with double sense deluding Milton.

Syn.

– Doubtful; dubious; uncertain; unsettled; indistinct; indeterminate; indefinite. See Equivocal.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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