Iffy vs Doubtful - What's the difference?
iffy | doubtful |
(slang) Of dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality.
Uncertain or chancy.
Subject to, or causing doubt
or showing doubt, sceptical
Undecided or of uncertain outcome
(obsolete) Fearsome, dreadful.
*, Bk.XIV, Ch.vii:
*:‘With whom,’ seyde Sir Percivale, ‘shall I fyght?’ ‘With the moste douteful champion of the worlde.’
Improbable or unlikely
Suspicious, or of dubious character
Unclear or unreliable
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=E.R. Eddison, title=The Worm Ouroboros
, passage=The pupils of her great eyes were large in the doubtful lamplight, swallowing their green fires in deep pools of mystery and darkness.}}
As adjectives the difference between iffy and doubtful
is that iffy is (slang) of dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality while doubtful is subject to, or causing doubt.iffy
English
Adjective
(er)- He's selling new CD players for £20 each – that sounds a bit iffy to me.
- The weather is still iffy for Saturday's shuttle launch.