English to English
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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- having more than one possible meaning
Ambiguous words.
Frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns
An ambiguous situation with no frame of reference.
Ambiguous inkblots.
source: WordNet 3.0
English to Tagalog
adj
- [ambíguius] Álanganin; magkabikabilang kahulugan
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
