adjective
1.
Synonyms: weak 2, dickey, fluctuant, insecure, rootless, shaky, unstable, unsure, wavering, wobbly
Related Word: unfixed; unsettled, unsteady; changeable, fickle, inconstant; eccentric, erratic, mercurial, volatile
Contrasted words: constant, steady, unchanging; strong
2.
given to or manifesting hesitation or vacillation
a vacillating witness
Synonyms: double-minded, faltering, halting, hesitant, hesitating, indecisive, irresolute, pendulous, shilly-shally, shilly-shallying, tentative, timid, uncertain, undecisive, unresolved, vacillant, vacillatory, wavering, weak-kneed, whiffling, wiggle-waggle, wobbly
Related Word: doubtful, doubting, unsure; fluctuating, oscillating, shifting; dallying, dawdling, demurring, dillydallying, stalling
Contrasted words: certain, decisive, resolute, resolved, sure; definite, positive