Synonyms for uncertainty

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uhn-sur-tn-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈsɜr tn ti

Top 10 synonyms for uncertainty

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Définition of uncertainty

Origin : late 14c., from uncertain + -ty.

noun doubt, changeableness

Example sentences :

The Street came decorously, albeit with a degree of uncertainty as to supper.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

The child did not know what to say, but it was not natural to her to remain long in uncertainty.
Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri

Then there had been the misery of terrible suspense, a wait of uncertainty.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

This uncertainty led to a most unfortunate precipitation on his part.
Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous

There was something of uncertainty and remonstrance in her look; something that was not all satisfaction.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

The uncertainty vexed him, and it seemed as if the affair was never to have an end.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

There's the loss of time it has occasioned, the worry, the uncertainty: who is to repay me all that?
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

I can bear anything but the uncertainty you leave me in at this moment.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

Prada again felt worried, a prey to the discomfort of uncertainty.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Work an uncertainty, work hopeless, work always ending in injustice!
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Antonyms for uncertainty

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