English dictionary, thesaurus, translations & etymology
FreeDict.com

incertain — meaning in English

French → English · translate English → French instead

English meaning

  • equivocal adjective Open to more than one interpretation, often deliberately so, and therefore hard to pin down.
  • indecisive adj Unable or unwilling to make a decision quickly.
  • uncertain adj Not sure or confident about something.
  • unsure adj Not certain or confident about something.

Senses

incertain is used for these senses in English:

  • equivocal Having two or more equally applicable meanings; capable of double or multiple interpretation.
  • equivocal Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected.
  • indecisive (of a contest etc.) inconclusive or uncertain
  • unsure uncertain, ambivalent.
  • wide open (idiomatic) Unsettled or unresolved.

equivocal — full definition

  1. adjective Open to more than one interpretation, often deliberately so, and therefore hard to pin down.
  2. adjective Of evidence or results: inconclusive, pointing in no clear direction.

indecisive — full definition

  1. adj Unable or unwilling to make a decision quickly.
  2. adj Of an event or contest, not settling anything; inconclusive.

Related French words