Hyphenation of doubtful

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word doubtful? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

doubt-ful

Definitions of doubtful:

1.	Open to doubt or suspicion The candidate's doubtful past He has a dubious record indeed What one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false It was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought- Karen Horney
2.	Fraught with uncertainty or doubt They were doubtful that the cord would hold It was doubtful whether she would be admitted Dubious about agreeing to go
3.	Unsettled in mind or opinion Drew a few tentative conclusions

Synonyms of doubtful:

adj	dubious, dubitable, in question, questionable
adj	dubious, uncertain, incertain
adj	tentative, unsettled

Last hyphenations of this language

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