[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ambiguous \ambig"uous\, a. l. ambiguus, fr. ambigere to
   wander about, waver; amb- + agere to drive.
   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.
   1913 webster

         what have been thy answers? what but dark,
         ambiguous, and with double sense deluding? --milton.
   1913 webster

   syn: doubtful; dubious; uncertain; unsettled; indistinct;
        indeterminate; indefinite. see equivocal.
        1913 webster
see also:
equivocal 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ambiguous
     adj 1: 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" syn: equivocal ant: unequivocal
     2: having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words";
        "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were
        unable to assemble the toy" ant: unambiguous
     3: having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in
        conventional patterns; "an ambiguous situation with no
        frame of reference"; "ambiguous inkblots"
see also:
equivocal unequivocal unambiguous 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

123 moby thesaurus words for "ambiguous":
   greek to one, agnostic, amalgamated, ambivalent, amphibious,
   amphibolic, amphibological, amphibolous, antinomic,
   beyond understanding, blended, capricious, chancy, changeable,
   combined, complex, composite, compound, compounded, confusable,
   conglomerate, cryptic, dappled, dicey, double-faced, doubtful,
   doubting, dubious, eclectic, enigmatic, enigmatical, equivocal,
   equivocatory, erratic, fickle, fifty-fifty, fishy, foggy,
   half-and-half, hesitant, hesitating, heterogeneous, impenetrable,
   inarticulate, incalculable, incognizable, incoherent,
   incomprehensible, inconclusive, indecisive, indefinite,
   indemonstrable, indeterminate, indiscriminate, indistinct,
   inscrutable, intricate, ironic, irresolute, jumbled, many-sided,
   medley, mingled, miscellaneous, misleading, misty, mixed, motley,
   multifaceted, multinational, multiracial, multivocal, mysterious,
   numinous, obscure, opaque, oracular, oxymoronic, paradoxical,
   past comprehension, patchy, pluralistic, polysemantic, polysemous,
   problematic, promiscuous, puzzling, questionable, rambling,
   scrambled, self-contradictory, skeptical, suspect, syncretic,
   tenebrous, thrown together, touch-and-go, unaccountable, uncertain,
   unclear, unconfirmable, unconnected, unconvinced, undefined,
   undependable, undivinable, unfathomable, unforeseeable,
   unintelligible, unknowable, unpersuaded, unpredictable, unprovable,
   unreliable, unsearchable, unsettled, unsure, unverifiable, vague,
   variable, varied, wavering, whimsical

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