Hyphenation of dubious

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word dubious? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

du-bi-ous

Definitions of dubious:

1.	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
2.	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
3.	Not convinced They admitted the force of my argument but remained dubious

Synonyms of dubious:

adj	doubtful, uncertain, incertain
adj	doubtful, dubitable, in question, questionable
adj	unconvinced

Last hyphenations of this language

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