questionable

Meanings

• Adjective

  Subject to question or doubt; debatable.

  - "The validity of the election results was questionable."
  - "The authenticity of the document is questionable."

• Adjective

  Suspicious or doubtful in nature or character.

  - "His behavior was questionable."
  - "The motives behind the crime were questionable."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with questionable
dubitable , contemplatable , debatable , stableable

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Variants

List of all variants of questionable that leads to same result
questionable , questionableness , questionablenesses , questionably

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Etymology

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Originally meaning 'open to question,' from the Latin 'quaestionabilis,' from 'quaestio' meaning 'question'.

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Trivia

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1. Questionable is a 1993 film starring Robert Downey Jr. and Marisa Tomei.

2. Questionable is also the name of a popular street food in Thailand, made from fermented rice and served with various toppings.

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Related Concepts

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1. Dubious: Synonym of questionable, meaning doubtful or uncertain.

2. Controversial: Related to questionable matters, often causing debate or disagreement.

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Culture

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Questionable has been used in various literary works to add suspense and intrigue. In Fyodor Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment,' the protagonist Raskolnikov's guilt and morality are questionable. In music, 'Questionable' is a song by the band New Found Glory.

How to Memorize "questionable"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a scale with questionable in the middle, one side representing 'doubt' and the other 'accepted.' Imagine moving words closer or further away from questionable based on their level of doubt or acceptance.

2. associate
   

   - Associate questionable with the image of a question mark, representing uncertainty.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic phrase like 'Questionable Queries: QUestionable UUnderstandings Bring Bother.' This phrase represents the idea that questionable things bring confusion and require further investigation.

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