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Definition: Problematical |
ProblematicalAdjective1. Open to doubt or debate; "If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic". 2. Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "problematical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references) |
Synonyms: ProblematicalSynonyms: baffling (adj), debatable (adj), knotty (adj), problematic (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Uncertainty | Perplexing; Verb: enigmatic, paradoxical, apocryphal, problematical, hypothetical; experimental. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Problematical |
| English words defined with "problematical": Assertorial. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "problematical": Rainbow Chasers. (references) |
| "Problematical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Problematical" is used about 129 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 129 | 28,132 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "problematical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | علم طرح المشاكل, المسألية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 有问题. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | problematický (difficult, dubious, objectionable, problematic, questionable), pochybný (devious, disreputable, dodgy, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, murky, questionable, seamy, seedy, shady, specious, suspect, unsavory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | problématique (problematic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | problematisch (problematic, questionable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προβληματικόσ (doubtful, problematic, probleo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | problematikus (problematic, questionable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | keishtagh (interrogative, interrogatory, problematic, puzzling), feyshtagh (catechetical, interrogative, problematic, questioning), crampagh (pestilential, problematic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oblematicalpray problematic (doubtful, problematic, problematically). (various references) проблематичный (problematic). (various references) problemático (problem, problematic), dudoso (chancy, doubtful, doubtfully, dubious, indecisive, indefinite, problematic, questionable, touch and go, uncertain, unsuspected). (various references) sorunsal (problematic), kuşku uyandıran (problematic), şüpheli (chancy, contestable, creaky, debatable, discredited, disputable, dodgy, doubtful, dubious, dubitative, equivocal, fishy, funny, funny peculiar, hazardous, indecisive, indefinable, murky, nebulous, precarious, problematic, sceptical, screwy, shadowy, shady, shaky, skeptical, speculative, suspect, suspenseful, suspicious, umbrageous, uncertain, unconvincing). (various references) сумнівний (apocryphal, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, indeterminate, naughty, off color, off colour, precarious, problematic, queer, risky, shady, uncertain), загадковий (baffling, enigmatic, enigmatical, oracular, oraculous, problematic), проблематичний (problematic). (various references) mơ h" (dark, darkly, dubious, foggy, indefinable, intangible, problematic, undefined, vague), còn phải b n; không chắc (problematic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "problematical": problematically. (additional references) | |
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"Problematical" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: problematises. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "problematical" (pronounced prÄ'bluma"tikul) |
| 8 | -u m a" t i k u l | mathematical. |
| 6 | -a" t i k u l | fanatical, sabbatical, viatical. |
| 5 | -t i k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, antithetical, apolitical, astronautical, critical, dialectical, ecclesiastical, egotistical, elliptical, geopolitical, heretical, hypercritical, hypocritical, identical, logistical, mystical, nonpolitical, optical, pharmaceutical, statistical, tactical, testicle, theoretical, uncritical, vertical. |
| 4 | -i k u l | archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, categorical, cervical, chronological, classical, comical, conical, cubicle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, dermatological, diabolical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, empirical, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, graphical, gynecological, helical, historical, hysterical, icicle, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, logical, lyrical, magical, mechanical, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, morphological, musical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nonelectrical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, popsicle, preclinical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, rhetorical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, sociological, spherical, stereotypical, strategical, surgical, symmetrical, technical, technological, teleological, theatrical, theological, topical, toxicological, tricycle, tropical, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uneconomical, unethical, untypical, vehicle, virological, whimsical, zoological. |
| 3 | -k u l | aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, bifocal, biochemical, brickle, buckle, cackle, chemical, Chronicle, chuckle, circle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, crackle, cuticle, cycle, debacle, diacritical, domical, ducal, encircle, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, geophysical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, hackle, heckle, heterocercal, hierarchical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypothetical, impractical, jackal, knuckle, local, maniacal, matriarchal, medical, meikle, meteorological, methodical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, motorcycle, muckle, mythical, nautical, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, patriarchal, photochemical, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, pumpernickel, quizzical, radical, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, ruckle, runkle, satirical, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, sprinkle, stickle, suckle, tabernacle, tackle, tentacle, tickle, tinkle, trickle, twinkle, typical, uncle, unequivocal, unicycle, unshackle, vocal, Winkle, wrinkle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-i-l-l-m-o-p-r-t" | |
-2 letters: problematic. | |
-3 letters: allometric, allopatric, comparable, compatible, implacable, importable, portabella, procambial. | |
-4 letters: acropetal, aerobatic, aleatoric, ametropia, ametropic, atemporal, bacterial, bicameral, bilateral, caballero, cabriolet, calibrate, claimable, collimate, locatable, metabolic, metacarpi, palliator, parabolic, polemical, preatomic, precoital, procambia, tamarillo. | |
-5 letters: acromial, albacore, albicore, allocate, alopecia, amicable, amitrole, arillate, armillae, aromatic, atomical, bacillar, bacteria, balletic, balloter, balmoral, beclamor, boracite. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-e-i-l-l-m-o-p-r-t" | |
+2 letters: problematically. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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